Yes, I think Bruce has it. I'm looking at the D manual now. When on
Program mode, with the Automatic setting, the camera will fire the
flash at its discretion. The manual setting means that as long as the
flash is open, it will always fire it.
What isn't clear is whether the flash must be opened manually for the
Automatic mode to work, but you can find that out with a quick test.
Sometimes, interpreting the instruction manual is an art in its own
right... ;-)
Godfrey
On May 5, 2006, at 9:11 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote:
Hello Rick,
My basic understanding is the the Auto mode makes it's own
determination to fire when the camera decides there is not enough
light. The lightning bolt on means that the flash will fire. So if
you wanted to do a little fill in reasonable ambient light, the Auto
mode would not fire because there was enough light. If the light
level is low enough, then both modes would behave the same.
--
Best regards,
Bruce
Friday, May 5, 2006, 8:24:07 AM, you wrote:
RW> Thanks, Godfrey. I'll investigate that.
RW> Unfortunately the ist D manual is poop, and says
RW> nothing enlightening (so to speak).
RW> Rick
RW> --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It's reasonable to think that the D model is similar
in operation,
but I don't have a D instruction manual handy to
confirm it right now.
Godfrey
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