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[OM] Re: Custom Settings - Looking for advice

Subject: [OM] Re: Custom Settings - Looking for advice
From: AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:01:01 -0800 (PST)
David Bell wrote:
> I would like to benefit from the collective wisdom of the
> group as
> regards useful settings to store in the custom memory. 

I don't know about a "MATRIX" as everybody has certain
preferences in how they setup a camera.  For example, mine
usually lives in Aperture-Priority and the front dial controls
the aperture while the rear dial controls exposure compensation.
My autofocus is set as AF+MF and the metering is ESP.  Everybody
else will have some other variation on the above theme.

But where the Custom Settings make my life so much easier is by
allowing me to reconfigure the camera with one twist of a dial.
Furthermore, the biggest problem with digital cameras is getting
back to your "base-line" settings.  It is too easy to make a
dreadful mistake by overlooking some simple setting.  Generally,
my Custom Settings look something like this (without the
camera-operation specifics):

1. ISO 100, WB 5300-1, RAW, Aperture F8. This is my standard
high-quality configuration.

2. ISO 400, WB 5300-1, RAW, -2 exposure-compensation, Aperture
F4.5. This is my standard flash configuration.

3. ISO 800, AWB-1, RAW, Aperture F4.5. This is my non-flash
ambient-light configuration.

4. ISO 1600, WB Custom1, Aperture F4.5, HQ, Sequence-Drive. 
This is my action, theatre, night-sports, etc., configuration.

As you can see, my settings are pretty much similar to choices
in film.  During a wedding, I'm almost in #2 or #3.  Going from
flash to ambient light just requires me to change to #3 and turn
off the flash.  Going back to flash just requires me to dial in
#2 and turn on the flash.  Easy as that.  If I decide to
severely alter some settingsn (which I do, like ISO, F-stop or
storage mode), I can quickly return to my baseline by just
recalling the custom setting.

The custom settings are what really makes the E-1 a killer
camera in professional event and wedding photography.  I
absolutely will not buy a camera that doesn't have this type of
recall capability.  This is far more important to me than
image-stabilization or faster auto-focus.

AG

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