Hi Nathan,
I think he means Program, Aperture, Shutter, Manual selections on a dial.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Images from Holidays in North Wales plus Xpro1 and OMD
> What is PASM? Sounds like a sexually-transmitted disease...
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> On 31 Jul 2012, at 19:34, Ken Norton wrote:
>
>>> And that is probably why I shot film with OMs and not Canyons ;-)
>>
>>>> The manual controls on Canon EOS semi-pro and pro DSLRs are the same as
>>>> the film EOS SLRs. Aperture rings left the lens with the advent of
>>
>> Chuck is correct that this started long before digital. Yet, we dinos
>> prefer a tactile and dedicated control interface. With PASM cameras we
>> must avert our eyes from the subject to verify our adjustments. A
>> click of a dial doesn't always result in the expected or desired
>> adjustment.
>>
>> When I'm on a hike and I'm using a manual-mode film camera, I adjust
>> my aperture and shutter speed to my "normal exposure". Then as I walk,
>> I'm intuitively adjusting the aperture or shutter speed or focus just
>> by feel. It's a subconscious thing. When I am ready to take the
>> picture, I just raise the camera to the eye and shoot. With a PASM
>> camera, I have to adjust the dials to do the same thing. But do I
>> adjust the front or rear dials? Does the dial go the right or to the
>> left when I want to increase aperture? When is the read dial an
>> aperture, shutter speed or exposure compensation dial? Is it 1/3 stop,
>> 1/2 stop or full stop? Forget it! I'll just put the stupid thing in
>> Program mode.
>>
>> In reality, it comes down to two things: Muscle memory and peripheral
>> vision recognition.
>>
>> AG
>>
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