runamuck wrote: Steve Perry wrote:
If it works for your style of shooting that\'s cool. Personally, the reason I don\'t use the auto modes is I miss far too many shots due to improper focus placement, wrong exposure, etc.- In many cases the camera just doesn\'t know what I want. And honestly, I\'ve been doing it so long that the manual modes are second nature to me - I don\'t even think about it anymore.
Care to elucidate as to \"manual modes\" and \"auto modes\"? My D700 has 4 modes. MAS and P. Which are manual and which are auto? Try as I might, it seems the only manual mode is \"M\". The rest appear to be automatic. Am I doing something wrong? Am I misinterpreting something?
My D90 complicates things with MASP plus AUTO. It also includes a bunch of scene modes. Which of these are manual and which are auto?
Are you including \"A\" and \"\"S\" as auto modes or manual modes? How does manual or auto focus factor in? If I try stuff like this, the leaves turn color before I get everything set.
Sorry should have been a bit more clear. Manual is obviously manual, but I spend a good part of my time in Apature priority mode as well - using exposure comp (based on histograms) to tweak the exposure. So, for me, apature priority mode is just a notch above manual mode. I very seldom just let the camera do what it wants.
For general landscape I can be in either one, but most of the time it\'s easier for me in manual mode - especially if I\'m doing some specific types of bracketing (I\'m not a fan of autobracketing most of the time - end up with frames I don\'t need).
For wildlife, it varies depending on the exposure situation. If it\'s tricky (say, white bird on a black background), I\'ll stay in manual. If it\'s a pretty easy exposure (say a deer in a field), but with rapidly changing light conditions (partly cloudy on a windy day comes to mind), then apature priority is the chice.
My camera never sees program mode and I can\'t remember the last time I used shutter priority (just doesn\'t fit my shooting style).
As for AF or not - a good chunk of my landscapes and all of my macros are shot in manual focus (some with focus bracketing). Most wildlife is AF - unless it\'s in a tricky spot then I\'ll grab the AF ring and help it out.
Bottom line - I\'m out there to get a shot, and I\'m not really all that worried about what mode my camera is in. I quickly adjust the camera based on my needs at the time and I\'ve been doing it so long (30+ years) I can makes these adjustments without really thinking about it. Most days I don\'t even think too much about if it\'s in manual or apature priority - I just make the adjustments needed to get the right balance of shutter speed and DOF without thinking about it too much. If the mode is getting in the way, I change it.
Feb 19, 2012 at 08:50 AM
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