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05/21/2006 12:21:45 AM · #26 |
Av probably 90% of the time.
If I'm shooting action, then Tv
With strobes or flash, M
If I hand it to my wife, then P or full auto
I have never used the scene modes or A-DEP and I probably never will.
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05/21/2006 12:25:53 AM · #27 |
| Seems to be a lot of us AV mostly shooters :-) I have enough to think about to work in Manual - although I do it sometimes and I have an old flash that I must use in manual. |
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05/21/2006 12:26:00 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by alfresco:
Manual, I'm a frickin control freak :( |
Me too, so i shot all manual until last week when i realized you could just spin the thumb wheel to make the exposure darker or lighter in P... so much easier, as much control as i need most times. |
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05/21/2006 12:48:52 AM · #29 |
Macros I shoot with the macro filter. Anything with a ton of motion gets the "athletics" filter. Everything else is on manual, since I'm trying to learn it. Though I cannot wait until the day when I can afford a DSLR and macro attachments so I can learn proper macro photography.
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05/21/2006 01:21:47 AM · #30 |
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05/21/2006 01:37:21 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Av probably 90% of the time.
If I'm shooting action, then Tv
With strobes or flash, M
If I hand it to my wife, then P or full auto
I have never used the scene modes or A-DEP and I probably never will. |
This is exactly what I do except I shoot in Av 91.5% of the time. :P
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05/21/2006 02:16:55 AM · #32 |
M always when i use flash (umbrella and/or softbox)
P +3 stops exposure always when I do indoor real estate photography
Tv when shooting airplanes with moving propellers and action
Av usually when shooting landscape
Or P with thumb wheel adjustment when doing snapshots
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05/21/2006 04:26:03 AM · #33 |
Originally posted by alfresco:
Manual, I'm a frickin control freak :( |
what he says :)
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05/21/2006 04:37:51 AM · #34 |
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05/21/2006 04:40:09 AM · #35 |
| I never use anything but Manual, Av or Tv, probably manual 90% of the time, 8% av and 2% TV. |
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05/21/2006 04:47:31 AM · #36 |
Av 70%
M 20%
P 10%
For some reason I like using Av and adjusting the exposure compensation (which would be simpler to do in manual mode)... |
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05/21/2006 04:58:29 AM · #37 |
Originally posted by rhung:
Also, anybody use a light meter during a shoot? Personally, I'm having a hard time using the in-camera meter. (well, I guess I need to learn more about my camera.)
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If you set the mode to A and half-press the shutter, you get a readout of aperture and shutter speed in the little window on the top, or in the viewfinder. (If it's reading Lo or Hi then you have to fiddle about until it's happy enough to deliver). From there you're only one click on the thumb wheel from M.
It does sort of depend on how much time you've got in the situation. Nothing beats walking up to the model and poking a (reliable) light meter in her face, but try doing that to a Bengal tiger.
Learning the camera is right though - there are a few alternative ways to meter the picture area, or parts of it. Maybe one day I'll learn . . . |
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05/21/2006 06:04:16 AM · #38 |
I like to use A mode - it gives you control over depth of field, and I tend to open the aperture right up in low light too. I use exposure compensation when I remember :P
Why - I guess because there is a much wider range of shutter speeds. You can set any aperture and the camera will find the right shutter speed. Try it the other way round and its easy to be outside the camera's range. The only execption is full sun - the camera won't cope with an aperture of 2.8 then... about the only situation where I use P mode.
I'd consider using S if shooting alot of fast moving subjects but its not something I do much of.I do use it if I want motion blur e.g. 2 second waterfall shots on a tripod.
When in the studio with strobes (external flashes) I use M for full control, still getting the hang of this. I am realising I do need an external exposure meter to make the most of it - more $$$ :-( |
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05/21/2006 06:48:43 AM · #39 |
A and M. But I always set it to Auto before putting it in the bag. There have been a few times when something extraordinary comes along and I grab the camera and when I am done with the settings, the photo op is gone. So Auto when in the bag, and I have been glad for that a few times already.
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05/21/2006 08:01:50 AM · #40 |
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05/21/2006 08:43:45 AM · #41 |
I shoot most of the time in M for complete control. Like GuGi I always store the camera in Av mode, with f/8 and ISO 200 selected; this works best for me for all-around grabshots. But when I rack the camera on the tripod, I switch to ISO 100 and M.
If I am handholding (relatively rare for me) I shoot in Av 'cuz I only have one hand free to spin dials, and I'm usually more concerned with DOF than shutter speed. I keep an eye on the shutter speed in the window though, and open the lens up if I have to...
R.
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05/21/2006 08:45:38 AM · #42 |
M.......for......My Own Way!!!!!
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05/21/2006 09:06:57 AM · #43 |
P for snapshooting or when v easy lighting situation, or not fussy about aperture etc. A (aperture priority) most of the time. Rarely if ever S (shutter priority). M for situations like painting with light - otherwise I just use exposure compensation along with aperture priority.
I use autoFocus with the digital (kit) lenses, sometimes AF + MF (auto with manual finetuning) if its hard to get the focus spot on. Manual focus with film lenses, which I use a LOT of the time.
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05/21/2006 09:30:28 AM · #44 |
Originally posted by paddles:
Xianart, could the film you were thinking of be Ilford HP5 or Delta 400? |
ilford was fine but it was Kodak Tri X! man, i loved that film. the grain was just right, you could push and pull it, it was very forgiving, and you could shoot almost anywhere withut having to push or pull. that's pretty well all i used. o, and fuji for slides. o, and i picked up a 35 mm poloaroid doohickey once, polaroid film that you ran through this little crank thingy. truly bizarre. it came with the polaroid slide printer. it pritned slides onto a 4x5 polaroid, and if you were quick, you could rip open the polaroid, slap it down onto some watercolour paper, and, hey presto, a mirror image funky print.
why we used nice, acid free, archival watercolour paper is beyond me, as the chemicals in the polaroid surely negated any archival quality...
but it was fun.
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05/21/2006 09:42:43 AM · #45 |
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05/21/2006 10:07:41 AM · #46 |
Manual Baby... I like the control. Shoot Raw when its mostly important, when just shooting snaps shoot in Jpg. But always Manual mode.
As for the Focus.. Mostly Auto, and for certain DOF I want it is manual. SO it depends what im shooting and the DOF I want for the focus.
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05/21/2006 10:09:36 AM · #47 |
I shoot in manual mode about 99% of the time. The only time I use auto is at indoor snapshot functions, or when I am just not sure what setting will work, as I am still flubbing around with a few of them. Only had my camera since February, so still learning all it can do. But for the most part, manual is my fav to use, especially outdoors.
Message edited by author 2006-05-21 10:10:02. |
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