GRD4 'TAv' mode

[Blow-in]

I found this thread very interesting: viewtopic.php?f=66&t=10553

Don & John were both advocating a combination of snap, manual aperture & shutter speed & auto ISO. While I'd used 2 out of 3 together before the idea of setting focal distance (snap), hyperfocal DOF (aperture) with an appropriate shutter speed for the subject then allowing auto ISO to sort out the exposure was not an idea that had occurred to me.

It's a bit dull here today but I gave the combination a try on the beach dog walk and the auto ISO seemed to be coping. Is this a TAv mode by another name? If so is the GRD4 superior vto the GR in its execution of the mode because you can limit the ISO with the GRD4 (I've set ISO 800)?

Richard

 

[streetshooter]

Richard, You're correct. The GRD4 is more uers friendly then the GR. On the GRD4 you can also set the minimum shutter speed.

TAv is not all it's cracked up to be. I read that Pentax uses this mode but it's not the same as what they made Ricoh do with it. So, lust not ye for the GR, as the GRD4 is still the King or Queen of compact cameras. Very nice photos.....

 

[Blow-in]

Richard, You're correct. The GRD4 is more uers friendly then the GR. On the GRD4 you can also set the minimum shutter speed.

TAv is not all it's cracked up to be. I read that Pentax uses this mode but it's not the same as what they made Ricoh do with it. So, lust not ye for the GR, as the GRD4 is still the King or Queen of compact cameras. Very nice photos.....

Thanks Don. 15 months on and I'm still finding new things on the GRD4...if I was only allowed to keep one camera it would be this one.

Richard