On 4/3/05, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: >No. On a Pentax camera, Program mode doesn't allow user adjustments >(unlike on a Canon, say, which really provides a shiftable Program mode) >They're still not the same, though; though the immediate effect is the >same, they act differently when lighting changes. > >In a Program-Shift mode, the camera is still free to adjust either >shutter or aperture as it sees fit; it's just that the user can >bias this towards using a slightly higher (or lower) choice for >one setting, and a corresponding adjustment for the other one. > >In Hyper Program, once you touch that shutter dial the shutter >speed will stay at the value you selected; the camera will *only* >adjust the aperture, should the lighting change. Similarly, if >you move the aperture control that value becomes fixed, and the >camera will only adjust the shutter speed, if necessary, to make >up for any changes in lighting. >In other words, moving either control really switches the camera >into the appropriate Tv/Av priority mode, as well as actually >changing the shutter speed (or aperture); the camera will never >change a value the user has explicitly selected until the mode >is changed (by the user either moving the other control, or >pushing the green button to return the camera to program mode).
Thanks for the explanation John. You lost me after the word 'No.' ;-) I tried using the Program on the 1D but after I realised it let the camera start doing my job, I cursed it and haven't bothered with it since. Horses for courses. Thanks Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
