That's effectively the case, but not actually the way the camera works. The camera activates the metering when your shutter press hits the half-press detent, but metering is fast enough that it will have a good reading by the time the full press finishes a couple milliseconds later.
-Adam David Savage wrote: > You have to half press the shutter to fully press it. The meter isn't > like the SR we're talking about, and doesn't need time to "spin up", > it's instantaneous. > > Put simply the camera is always ready to go. > > This isn't anything new. Every Penatx AF camera in the last 10+ years > has worked this way. > > Dave > > > On 12/3/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> if the camera is ready to shoot, then >> you dont need a half press or do >> you when in auto modes? I cant >> believe you would need to do half >> presses to ever take a picture >> because the meter needs a half press >> to turn on to take the picture. >> >> I am not talking about when the >> meter turns off. >> >> jco >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> David Savage >> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 11:36 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D >> >> >> Then you believe wrong. As I said, the meter turns itself off after >> either 3, 10 or 30 seconds, at any exposure mode (M, Av, Tv, Sv, P >> etc) depending how you have the camera set up. The camera is still >> ready to shoot, the meter's just not on. >> >> The camera will fire at any time if you fully press the shutter. >> >> Dave >> >> On 12/3/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I dont beleive you need to half press the >>> shutter button to activate the meter on >>> auto expose modes, its >>> instant isnt it? i.e you can just shoot >>> whenever you want, no waiting for meter >>> or need for half shutter presses. >>> No Pentax film camera ever needed you >>> to half press the shutter on any auto exposure >>> modes as far as I know. >>> jco >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >>> Of David Savage >>> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 10:20 AM >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> Subject: Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D >>> >>> >>> On 12/2/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> I said you should be ABLE to turn off the >>>> few second delay for SR. I didnt mean >>>> that its on all the time. I meant you >>>> should be able to activate it constantly when >>>> you want to and be able to shoot instantly >>>> if needed without any half shutter presses >>>> or waiting a few seconds to shoot. >>> Fair enough. >>> >>> But you have to half press the shutter button to activate the meter >>> anyway (you have to option of having the meter on for 3, 10 or 30 >>> seconds). >>> >>>> Does the few second wait for SR start all over >>>> again if you expose a photo and/or release >>>> the shutter button momentarily? >>> As long as you keep the shutter half pressed after taking a shot SR >>> stays on. If you take your finger of the shutter then you have to wait >>> for SR to kick in again. >>> >>> Dave >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
