-o9ewurpoqewur-e8wqu Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Someone give me some education here. When I go to program mode on the s2pro it sets me in a 60th second shutter with flash, which I DO NOT WANT, but do on occasion switch to program, or did. Reading the manual it says you can switch to flexi program, and change the shutter speed. How? I put the flexi on, but cannot find any button that relates to changing the shutter or aper.? I'm shooting in manual with flash now, but sometimes for fast candids would like to be able to throw it on and see how the camera meters, but really just don't want that slow of a shutter for fill. Help? By the way, I switched from a 10d system, got the s2 instead of the 20d, and really like it. :) chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_michael Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 I neer used the VP feature. I shoot in A prioity mode. Think about it, isn't it the same thing? All of the modes are contolled from either the front or back thumbwheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-o9ewurpoqewur-e8wqu Posted April 22, 2005 Author Share Posted April 22, 2005 If it is the same, why is it on there? When I go to av. mode it still sets the shutter at 60s. regardless. of aperture. So I thought by using the flexi program I could at least bump the shutter to 125sync, and let it choose the aperture. Surely it has some value or they wouldn't have put it on there? thanks- chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcuknz Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Surely you know computers? And a digital camera is a form of a computer ... they always have a dozen different ways of doing things :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-o9ewurpoqewur-e8wqu Posted April 22, 2005 Author Share Posted April 22, 2005 of course. And I can certainly shoot in manual without problems, I just thought there would be something to the flexi program since they put it on the camera. Would be nice be able to say to the camera "okay we are shooting at 125th at 100 iso and you pick the correct aper." because when I shoot in av. mode, with flash, regardless of my hopes it will set the shutter at 60th. AND when I shoot in shutter priority at 125, it continually sets at 1.4 av. regardless. Would be a nice alternative not to have to shoot in manual with flash always, especially if my wife or someone else picks up the camera.. chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_michael Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 I am going to grab my S2 in a moment asn see what happens. I'll let you know. Maybe the camera needs a trip to Ediaon? I hope not for your sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-o9ewurpoqewur-e8wqu Posted April 27, 2005 Author Share Posted April 27, 2005 thanks, let me know. chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_michael Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Well, this is what happened. I put my SB onto the Fuji and then turned both units on. The ISO was set to 100 and the lens was a Sigma 105 f/2.8. I put the Fuji into P mode and then turned the thumbwheel that activates VP. Although P* appeared on the LCD, the only thing that changed the Shutter speed and Aperture was the amount of ambient light available. Once I turned the flash off, the P* varied the different EV's. I then turned the flash off and put it on my Nion F100. The same exact things happened as on my Fuji S2. Ambient light was the determining factor as well. I guess the TTL Flash control overrides the P* mode. My advice to you is this............take a look in the owners manual. I would but I'm pressed for time. Or give Fuji or Nikon a call and talk to them. I say Nikon because as you know, that's what its guts are made of. I do know in my F100 manual, there is something regarding the correlation of ISO, flash and P mode. Again, as I said before, I'm an A mode shooter most of the time. And if it's not A mode, I shoot M with the flash being in TTL. Never had any problems. What kills me about the S2 is that I can't use the lens ring to set Aperture like I can my F100. I'm real fast with that Nikon. I hope this all helps you my friend. Why they do it like this? I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-o9ewurpoqewur-e8wqu Posted April 27, 2005 Author Share Posted April 27, 2005 thank you so much for the response. That is what makes this site so great. I read the manual but it is very unclear on what the hell to do with veri-p. I wish I could shoot the damn thing in av. mode with the flash, but everytime I set it to that, I get 60th s. Why in the hell it would stay at 60, but syncs at 125th i have no idea. I will continue shooting in manual and let the flash ttl too. I get good results, but it just bothers me I can't figure the other out. lol I have been very pleased with the s2 as a whole and my prints are great. Thanks everyone so much- christopher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_michael Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Well, think about this for a second. You shoot in A mode and the camera is selecting the Shutter speed 'casue you're selecting the Aperture, correct? So it's doing it's job! It's probably not going to 125 'cause that was the way it was programed for the EV that camera is sensing. Remeber back in the old days when a high syncbcg soeed was 1/60? My F100 takes better photos 'casue it goes all the way to 1 / 250. Take that camera outside and see if it goes to 125. Keep shooting in M mode when you use a flash as your main light to light your subject. You'll have more control than any other mode on the camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-o9ewurpoqewur-e8wqu Posted April 28, 2005 Author Share Posted April 28, 2005 I agree. The thing about the av. mode is it doesn't matter if I set the ap. to 1.4 or f22, it still stays at 60th second when the flash is up. That sucks. It's only rock and roll they say.. thanks- chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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