Setting preferences?

TwilightImaging · 02-17-2008, 06:54 PM

My question is...do you primarily shoot manual, shutter or aperture priority...or even the auto settings? Under what conditions and why?

I know studio work is manual, but sometimes in the field, you don't have the time to adjust or even have a second to spin a wheel before you have to fire off some shots. I rarely ever use aperture priority...just wondering peoples' preferences?

Thanks again in advance...

*hvp05* ^(Premo) · 02-17-2008, 07:57 PM

I primarily shoot manual because most of my subject matter is landscapes. When at an event, I may go M if the light is reasonably constant, or aperture priority because I can get predictable blur.

I would rather be strung-up by my toenails before going full-auto.

*Dead Eye* ^(Premo) · 02-17-2008, 08:42 PM

Mostly stay in M. Ap if there is weird low lighting and need to concentrate on timing. Auto if you have to hand the camera to someone else.

02-17-2008, 06:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
TwilightImaging Don't just look...SEE! Member Since: Feb 2008 Location: Soon 2 B Md. Posts: 829	Setting preferences? My question is...do you primarily shoot manual, shutter or aperture priority...or even the auto settings? Under what conditions and why? I know studio work is manual, but sometimes in the field, you don't have the time to adjust or even have a second to spin a wheel before you have to fire off some shots. I rarely ever use aperture priority...just wondering peoples' preferences? Thanks again in advance... __________________ -Mike Twilight Imaging.net
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hvp05 ^(Premo) Take your best shot... Member Since: Jul 2005 Location: Among a million shades of green Posts: 4,196	I primarily shoot manual because most of my subject matter is landscapes. When at an event, I may go M if the light is reasonably constant, or aperture priority because I can get predictable blur. I would rather be strung-up by my toenails before going full-auto. __________________ "Like a bird upon the wind These waters are my sky I'll never reach my destination If I never try So I will sail my vessel 'Til the river runs dry." - "The River", Garth Brooks -•-•- "Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value." - Albert Einstein "They say dreams are the windows of the soul - take a peek and you can see the inner workings, the nuts and bolts." - Henry Bromel
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Dead Eye ^(Premo) T.P.F.er Member Since: Feb 2007 Location: On East Coast Posts: 590	Mostly stay in M. Ap if there is weird low lighting and need to concentrate on timing. Auto if you have to hand the camera to someone else. __________________ Hit em with the truth Axe Grinder
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