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 06/12/2007 03:14:16 AM · #1
1.Perhaps its a limitation of my camera(there seems to be more and more of those these days) but can you set how the camera reads the light, other than matrix, spot, or average? why isnt this a dial like setting that can be adjusted & not just read by the camera.

2.Also while I'm asking questions that I cant find answers to, what does the hot shoe on my camera actually do, I mean I know you mount the flash on it, but as the flash supplies its own power and has a sync cord, what am I missing?

Thanks in advance
 06/12/2007 03:22:57 AM · #2
Originally posted by Shadowi6:
1.Perhaps its a limitation of my camera(there seems to be more and more of those these days) but can you set how the camera reads the light, other than matrix, spot, or average? why isnt this a dial like setting that can be adjusted & not just read by the camera.

2.Also while I'm asking questions that I cant find answers to, what does the hot shoe on my camera actually do, I mean I know you mount the flash on it, but as the flash supplies its own power and has a sync cord, what am I missing?

Thanks in advance


1. What other metering setting would you like"? Not sure what you mean with a "Dial" for the meter. Your camera probably has a "Manual" mode where you can set the shutter spped and F-stop regardless of the meter.

2. The shoe is for the flash. Some don't have or don't want to use the sync cord.
 06/12/2007 03:23:32 AM · #3
1. i) your camera only has spot, center-weighted or average. just select one. there is a standalone rotary dial beside the LCD that does this, and make use of the exposure lock button too - i find it useful for locking challenging lighting situations (like shooting the moon at night).
ii)regarding the "dial" you mentioned, it is for instant switching between exposure modes. if you wish to change the exposure, i think you're actually looking for the M-shooting mode coupled with the other dial (that smaller circular one near the shutter release button)

2. the hotshoe allows you to mount and use external flashes. non-TTL though.

Message edited by author 2007-06-12 03:25:51.
 06/12/2007 08:34:00 AM · #4
Originally posted by Shadowi6:
1.Perhaps its a limitation of my camera(there seems to be more and more of those these days) but can you set how the camera reads the light, other than matrix, spot, or average? why isnt this a dial like setting that can be adjusted & not just read by the camera.

2.Also while I'm asking questions that I cant find answers to, what does the hot shoe on my camera actually do, I mean I know you mount the flash on it, but as the flash supplies its own power and has a sync cord, what am I missing?

Thanks in advance


* I may be reading too much into your post, but there's actually 2 kinds of "reads the light" and you don't want to confuse them. One is for exposure, and the center, spot, matrix settings lets the camera determine the correct exposure based on some, all, or just a small part of the scene and ignore the rest. The second kind of "reads the light" is to adjust for proper color balance- Daylight, Tungsten, Florescent, Snow, Cloudy, etc.

* The part your missing about the hot shoe is the contacts on both the camera and the flash in the hot shoe. They let the camera and flash "talk" to each other (like when you pushed the shutter, etc.)
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