"shoot without lens" question...

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dv416

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so i was using the camera yesterday with an old nikon 50mm lens. naturally, i had the shoot without lens option toggled on. however, as i played with the various shutter speeds / apertures, i could have sword there was an auto-exposure funciton toggled on, because as i made manual adjustments, the picture would shift back to what it was. for example, if i opened up the aperture, the image would become brighter, then shift back down to what it was before. if the camera is on the M-movie mode, should there really be an issue of having some sort of auto-override?

i just tested this again and didnt notice anything. is this an actual problem? or am i just crazy?
 
Which mode where you in? If you were in movie mode, you should see how the sensor sees. For example, you close the aperture and it gets darker on the screen. But if your in any of the still image modes, the screen will try and adjust so that you can still see an image. So the screen will bump up the gain (only on the screen) when you have a small aperture. This shouldn't affect the image taken though.
 
i think thats it. i was taking stills the other day too, so i must have mixed up the mode.

just so i know though, what is the camera doing exactly (and whyis it doing it) when it adjusts the screen image in the still modes? why isn't it just what you see is what you get?
 
dv416 said:
i think thats it. i was taking stills the other day too, so i must have mixed up the mode.

just so i know though, what is the camera doing exactly (and whyis it doing it) when it adjusts the screen image in the still modes? why isn't it just what you see is what you get?
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To act more like a reflex camera. Since the aperture is wide open until you either shoot or check the depth of field with their DoF button, you can see clearly through the lens. Since micro four thirds cameras aren't reflex cameras the only way to be able to see well when shooting at low apertures would be for the LCD screens to bump up the gain so you can still focus your shot manually.

TLDR: It does it so you can still see what your pointing your camera at when shooting F22.
 
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