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http://doug.kerr.home.att.net/pumpkin/Program_AE.pdf

"Charles Schuler" <> wrote in message
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> http://doug.kerr.home.att.net/pumpkin/Program_AE.pdf

Yes, many thanks to Mr Kerr.
I picked up the reference yesterday, downloaded and printed out his paper.
Quite a heavy read, but it pulls together in one place the basic theory
underlying what's going on.

--
M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
http://www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk/oddimage.htm

Charles Schuler <> wrote:
>http://doug.kerr.home.att.net/pumpkin/Program_AE.pdf

Thanks. That's useful.

----- Paul J. Gans

In article <dai1r5$rem$>, Paul J Gans
<> wrote:

> Thanks. That's useful.

Useful for what? Take the damned thing out of idiot mode and learn the
craft.

"Randall Ainsworth" <> wrote in message
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> In article <dai1r5$rem$>, Paul J Gans
> <> wrote:
>
>> Thanks. That's useful.
>
> Useful for what? Take the damned thing out of idiot mode and learn the
> craft.

Program isn't one of the idiot modes, and seems quite useful to me. Program
shift, custom functions, ISO all remain operative, unlike the infamous
"green square."

--
Skip Middleton
http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com

Randall Ainsworth <> wrote:
>In article <dai1r5$rem$>, Paul J Gans
><> wrote:

>> Thanks. That's useful.

>Useful for what? Take the damned thing out of idiot mode and learn the
>craft.

Riiiight.

Why not ask what I use it for and then criticize?

------ Paul J. Gans

In article <dakl3u$ln5$>, Paul J Gans
<> wrote:

> Randall Ainsworth <> wrote:
> >In article <dai1r5$rem$>, Paul J Gans
> ><> wrote:
>
> >> Thanks. That's useful.
>
> >Useful for what? Take the damned thing out of idiot mode and learn the
> >craft.
>
> Riiiight.
>
> Why not ask what I use it for and then criticize?

I can't think of one situation where I'd take my camera out of Tv, Av,
or Manual.

Randall Ainsworth <> wrote:
> Paul J Gans

>> Thanks. That's useful.
>
>Useful for what? Take the damned thing out of idiot mode and learn the
>craft.

Set the camera to Tv, Av, or M, adjust the shutter/aperture to the
value appropriate for depth of field and motion stop, and adjust for
shadows and/or highlights ...

And then put the camera away because you missed the shot.

Me? I leave the camera in program mode so it's ready to catch that
fleeting shot. IF there is time then I'll switch to other modes.

Got some good July 4th photos of kids playing with fireworks. Set the
camera to manual the whole time just to avoid having it meter off of
the bright fireworks.

--
Ray Fischer

Randall Ainsworth <> wrote:
>In article <dakl3u$ln5$>, Paul J Gans
><> wrote:

>> Randall Ainsworth <> wrote:
>> >In article <dai1r5$rem$>, Paul J Gans
>> ><> wrote:
>>
>> >> Thanks. That's useful.
>>
>> >Useful for what? Take the damned thing out of idiot mode and learn the
>> >craft.
>>
>> Riiiight.
>>
>> Why not ask what I use it for and then criticize?

>I can't think of one situation where I'd take my camera out of Tv, Av,
>or Manual.

Perhaps my answer would allow you to expand your universe?

----- Paul J. Gans

Ray Fischer <> wrote:
>Randall Ainsworth <> wrote:
>> Paul J Gans

>>> Thanks. That's useful.
>>
>>Useful for what? Take the damned thing out of idiot mode and learn the
>>craft.

>Set the camera to Tv, Av, or M, adjust the shutter/aperture to the
>value appropriate for depth of field and motion stop, and adjust for
>shadows and/or highlights ...

>And then put the camera away because you missed the shot.

>Me? I leave the camera in program mode so it's ready to catch that
>fleeting shot. IF there is time then I'll switch to other modes.

>Got some good July 4th photos of kids playing with fireworks. Set the
>camera to manual the whole time just to avoid having it meter off of
>the bright fireworks.

In my case it is grandchildren with lightspeed motion
running from light to shadows and back again.

If my target is stationary, then I too can be creative.

---- Paul J. Gans