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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
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Subject: Re: Aperture vs shutter priority: which is better?
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Date: Fri, 22-Feb-85 12:03:11 EST
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> >> 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.

Full aperature viewing is old, even my old manual pentax did that

> >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!).
> 

Well, the shutter knob is usually too stiff to turn without actually
grabbing the knob with thumb and forefinger.  My left hand is always
on the lens (the outside, not in front of) when shooting, because you've
got to focus somehow.  There isn't more than 5 mm separating the focus
ring from the Aperature.

-Ron