G1 Review (User Report) – Vol II – Part 01 of 27

[plevyadophy]

TEBnewyork wrote:
I am not a fool and would not sit here and have this conversation if
I wasn't sitting here with the camera at my side.

Well, I asked because when I posted the first volume of my Review back in November, I had a rather long "discussion" with someone who was passionately running up their gums, in actual fact it was two people, about the G1 and neither one of them owned the camera.

When the camera is sitting there idle it isn't taking a meter reading
the half press gets you the meter reading (this happens on A and S
mode as well if you haven't done a half press in a bit). So, you half
press and it is going to red and telling you HELLO there is a
problem. If I am working on a tripod and using the LCD, all of the
information is on a regular shooting screen where I can actually see
the image at the same time so there is no reason to use the status
panel display. If I am using the viewfinder the information about
about how far off you are is also there.

Hmm, well then. One has to ask why it is that when the LCD is in non "status display mode" and are n Manual Exposure Mode the camera is metering even if you don't touch the shutter, yet it behaves differently in "status display mode". PAS modes meter in all display modes without the need for a shutter press.

There may be a number of reasons for not wanting to have the scene shown on the LCD even if you are using a tripod.

 

[TEBnewyork]

plevyadophy wrote:
This is where I believe you are wrong.

Point the shutter at something and half press. Now wait about 10 seconds and move the camera to a new position where the light is different. The EV over or under will not change. Now half press the shutter.

Hmm, well then. One has to ask why it is that when the LCD is in non
"status display mode" and are n Manual Exposure Mode the camera is
metering even if you don't touch the shutter, yet it behaves
differently in "status display mode". PAS modes meter in all display
modes without the need for a shutter press.

There may be a number of reasons for not wanting to have the scene
shown on the LCD even if you are using a tripod.

--
terry
http://tbanet.zenfolio.com/

 

[boyzo]

If you set bracketing in A mode or other modes you can bias it + or minus as a RANGE (If you really want to do this) ... front command wheel

In M mode you can't change or bias Bracketing + or - BUT take a shot after you have set manual exposure to be what you want it to be .... the G1 will take a series of bracketed shots based on previous settings in A S P mode FWIW

For me .................

A mode

Live view

EV compensation (dial in seems to work Ok for me)

Splittings hairs on this issue .. menu system interaction on the G1 is pretty complex

To take a Pic its ...

Subject
Compose
Focus
Exposure

--
John
FZ1v2...FZ30 + 3T/4T FS3 LX3 G1
http://picasaweb.google.com/john.boyzo

 

[plevyadophy]

TEBnewyork wrote:
plevyadophy wrote:
This is where I believe you are wrong.
Point the shutter at something and half press. Now wait about 10
seconds and move the camera to a new position where the light is
different. The EV over or under will not change. Now half press the
shutter.

Hmm, well then. One has to ask why it is that when the LCD is in non
"status display mode" and are n Manual Exposure Mode the camera is
metering even if you don't touch the shutter, yet it behaves
differently in "status display mode". PAS modes meter in all display
modes without the need for a shutter press.

There may be a number of reasons for not wanting to have the scene
shown on the LCD even if you are using a tripod.

Ah, I know that.

But prior to your 10 second wait the camera will meter in ALL exposure modes (PASM). So why not allow metering in Manual Exposure Mode for those 10 seconds when the camera LCD is set to "status panel view"?

 

[WT21]

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You might seriously consider getting a web site or blog and posting there. It seems a little silly for you to manage posting all these here at DPR. Of course, it's your time and you're free to do what you want, but as a reader, I have no interest in reading all these text-only message and replies. I would be more inclined to read it in blog or web site format.

Good luck.

 

[plevyadophy]

WT21 wrote:

--
You might seriously consider getting a web site or blog and posting
there. It seems a little silly for you to manage posting all these
here at DPR. Of course, it's your time and you're free to do what you
want, but as a reader, I have no interest in reading all these
text-only message and replies. I would be more inclined to read it in
blog or web site format.

Good luck.

I think part of the problem with DPReview is that you have a limit of, I think it is, 1600 characters per post. Thus it is difficult to write a long a self contained piece.

I have to tried to overcome that buy posting in such a way that if you click on the Flat View button, my Review reads pretty much as it should, namely as one long article that you can comfotably scroll down.

Yours is about the third suggestion in a week or so that I should set up a blog.

The problem is, blogs, to be any good, need constant updating and I am just too lazy. Secondly, at this stage of my photographic life, I don't think I have sufficient stature and/or knowledge and/or experience to justifiy setting up a blog; I would regard doing so as the height of pomposity on my part.

I don't mind if someone else wants to host my write-up on their site but I am not gonna be having my own site yet.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Regards,

 

[kubrick]

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[plevyadophy]

Just now discovered a nice feature on the G1.

If you have the camera connected to your computer via the supplied USB cable and are browsing files (and suspect the same would apply if you were using the computer's screen as a live view monitor), if the battery runs low, not only do you get the usual flashing red battery icon, you also get a loud continuous beep-beep alarm sound.

I first heard the sound whilst I was out of the room and thought it was the low battery warning on my smoke alarm/detector. I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered it was coming from the camera.

I think that's a very nice feature because when you have your camera connected in such a manner your attention will be focused on the computer monitor and not the LCD of the camera; and if the LCD is folded/closed inwards you simply can't see it anyway.

A well thought out feature in my view.

There was another nice firmware feature that I stumbled across but I can't remember what it was. I will post here when I remember, or redisocover it.

 

[JosephScha]

I read it all, and I have to say I appreciate your honesty and willingness to "amend" your previous post (the comments after 2 weeks). I'm very glad to hear that the first firmware update improved several points that troubled you.

 

[plevyadophy]

JosephScha wrote:

I read it all, and I have to say I appreciate your honesty and willingness to "amend" your previous post (the comments after 2 weeks). I'm very glad to hear that the first firmware update improved several points that troubled you.

Thanks.

Regards,