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Thanks, all.
Not a newbie, and I shoot in Aperture mode about 70% of the time, Manual almost all the rest. I understand my camera and how to set it up. And I have read Bryan Peterson's book (and many others) in my decades-long quest to capture what I see.
There are occasions, though (a recent "1st birthday party" comes to mind) where my ability to rapidly change metering mode, focus area-mode, focus mode, ISO and perhaps other things before the "moment" is gone, is... challenged. I don't think "more practice" is the answer... I want a faster approach that I can switch in and out of.
When I know ahead of time what I'll be doing, I thoroughly use U1/U2. In this case, though, I had planned for a party atmosphere, had the camera set up for moving people in ambient/indoor light... and came across a moment happening in a dark corner, and not enough time to capture it "right".
So, I had thought of using a couple of scene modes as analogs of the settings I would pick "if" I had the time.
While I primarily shoot in M, I'm not a mode-snob. If the camera is pre-set to do something, and it would save me time and produce the result I want, I'm open to trying it....
Edited on Feb 23, 2015 at 02:00 PM · View previous versions
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