Hey everyone,
not a question this time, but a thought about M-Mode, wich i think could be greater, at least for me
i know there's different ways to use the Green Button, like Programm line stuff etc. That's great but this post isn't about that.
I use manual mode only, it bugs me that automatic modes constantly change settings behind my back
I love that (in the menu) you can set the Green button to set a parameter for you on demand, i.e. give you Tv once when you press the button, but then after that leaves your settings alone. It's a huge time saver! Let's say i set the Aperture (because i know which DoF i want for the picture), and usually i would then have to turn the Time wheel a lot of times until the light meter shows correct exposure. But instead i can push the Green Button and voila, it set's the Time value for me. Awesome!
However, it only works in one direction. And i was disappointed when i tried, that it doesn't work together with the ISO button at all.
Here's how, in my opinion, the Green Button should work in manual mode to make using it super fast:
A)
- You set the Time
- Pushing the Green Button sets the Aperture (because the camera knows i turned the Time wheel last) according to ISO and light meter;
it's like Tv on demand
or B)
- You set Aperture
- Pushing the Green Button sets the Time (because the camera knows i turned the Aperture wheel last);
it's like Av on demand
or C)
- You set the Time AND the Aperture
- Pushing the ISO button and the Green Button sets the ISO to a value that fits the selected Time and Aperture;
it's like TAv on demand
This implementation of the Green Button in manual mode would make it super fast: You would have full control, but instead of turning all the wheels yourself, the camera sets the missing value for you, but only the moment you want it to.
So the two things i'm missing currently, that are part of the procedure described above, are:
- Which parameter the Green Button controls can switch, dependent on which parameter i changed last
- and having the feature for ISO, too
Makes it feel to me like the Green Button in manual mode is implemented halfheartedly.
What do you think?
Please let's not have a discussion about personal preferences for automatic modes
i'm asking if this is logical to you (or more logical than the current implementation).
Bromberger