If you mean in this thread, yes, I see the suggestion. I was referring to a long time ago when the green button first made its appearance and people were complaining about it.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I actually thought Cory had suggested this, so I apologize again. > However this seems like a possible Firmware hack. There was a cottage > industry in hacked firmware for the D300/Digital Rebel to put back > functions that were in Canons higher level offerings that were left out > in the Rebel. I wonder if someone will be willing to risk permanently > disabling their *ist-D to try something like that. > > Gonz wrote: > > >>I've suggested this before, but I dont think Pentax was listening.... >> >>Or they were, but are sticking with the GB thing so that they can sell >>more lenses. ;) >> >>rg >> >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> >>>I think you're being too complicated. How about this. Call it auto >>>stop down compensation >>> >>>1.) Mount a K lens. Or take an A/F/FA off A position. The Camera >>>automatically senses this. >>>2.) Set the mode dial to Av, if it's not there already. >>>3.) Press the green button. >>> a) The camera takes a meter reading and temporally records it. >>> b) The lens stops down to taking aperture and makes a reading >>>subtracting the EV value from the temporally stored value. >>> The camera now knows the difference between wide open and >>>the current F stop set on the lens. >>> >>>Now every time you take an exposure the camera calculates the proper >>>exposure based on that offset. (It and also display an estimate of over >>>or under exposure in the viewfinder). >>> >>>No extra dials or buttons to press. If you change the aperture you get >>>instant exposure compensation. >>> >>>If you change aperture and don't want exposure compensation press the >>>green button again. >>> >>>Make this type of operation a menu item in the custom menu with a >>>default to the Av behavior. >>> >>>Basically an aperture simulator for Av all done in software. >>> >>>The only problem is that you might run out metering range, but that's >>>true of using the green button Kludge now anyway. >>> >>>Cory Papenfuss wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>>Of course it's academic since it's not an option with the current >>>>>>firmware, but I don't think it would be too bad. The +-EV only works >>>>>>within 3 EV from wide open, and even then you have to do the math of how >>>>>>many stops you are from wide-open. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Or 6 if you calibrate on 3 stops up from open-aperture. I have done >>>>>it, Cory, it's a pain, even without having to go into a menu to >>>>>indicate the aperture. >>>>> >>>>>Kostas >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>I still think that's more confusing than what I'm thinking. The >>>>most annoying thing is having to set (somewhere) the maximum aperture of >>>>the lens... I'm thinking a "button+wheel" maneuver in P or Av mode when >>>>you mount up a K/M lens. Firmware could "blink" the aperture (e.g. '1.4') >>>>to let you know you set it. After the lens is mounted and max dialed in , >>>>you just have to dial the wheel to match what you've set the lens to. It >>>>saves having to mentally do the math, allows open-aperture metering all >>>>the way to the min aperture of the lens, and doesn't require the "GB >>>>trick" evertime the lighting changes... only that when you move the >>>>aperture ring on the lens you match it with the dial. >>>> >>>>How exactly do you get 6 EV? >>>> >>>>-Cory >>>> >>>>-- >>>> >>>>************************************************************************* >>>>* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA * >>>>* Electrical Engineering * >>>>* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * >>>>************************************************************************* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
