Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdcsu!haapanen From: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: Aperture vs shutter priority: which is better? Message-ID: <953@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 22:49:48 EST Article-I.D.: watdcsu.953 Posted: Tue Feb 12 22:49:48 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 04:40:37 EST References: <238@mhuxr.UUCP> <8200@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) Distribution: net Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 21 I guess I'll throw my two cents' worth into the debate, too... >> Whith shutter priority, the lens is wide open until >> you actually press the shutter. That's stopped-down metering. It's not as nice because far less light comes through the viewfinder, reducing useability in low light scenes. The Canon AE-1 (shutter-priority) has a lever you can push for stopped-down metering (onb full manual only though). >For what it's worth, it is almost always easier to twirl the aperture >ring than it is the shutter speed knob on every SLR I've run into. Really? On an AE-1 (and T-70 for that matter) it's at least for me much easier to change the shutter speed than the aperture. To change the shutter speed doesn't require moving my finger very far from the shutter release, whereas for the aperture I have to use my left hand (and, boy, my left hand doesn't know what the right one is doing!). \tom watmath!watdcsu!haapanen