I have a question about the XA-2 that, hopefully, someone here can answer. I know it has 3 zone-focusing settings. But what I'm not as clear on is what aperture/shutter speed bias does it have for each of those settings. I mean, I understand that the aperture & shutter speed depends upon the film speed setting. But assuming I put 200 ASA film in the camera (and set the camera to same, of course), what settings are likely to be used for each of the three zone settings? While dependent upon available light, of course, I don't know whether the camera automatically picks an aperture and then adjusts the shutter speed to fit the available light or automatically picks a shutter speed and then adjusts the aperture to fit the available light. And I understand that the former scenario would be "aperture priority" while the latter scenario would be "shutter priority" but I still can't figure out what the camera is most likely to do. I'm assuming that if I set the zone focusing to "distant" then it's more likely to pick a smaller aperture to maximize depth of field. And if that's true, then I would assume that if I set the zone focusing to "near" then it's more likely to pick a wider aperture yet that would give narrower depth of field which may or may not be what I want. But that's all assumptions on my part. So, can someone tell me exactly what the XA-2 is doing based on the 3 zone focusing settings? Sorry if this makes no sense (and I've clearly shown my own ignorance here) and thanks in advance for your patience in reading all this!
-Randy
