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10/22/2004 10:08:01 AM · #1 |
| How much time do you spend setting up for a shot? If there is a picture you want to take and you don't have a lot of time, do you use the auto settings on your camera, or do you have a setting that you refer to in a pinch? |
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10/22/2004 10:58:45 AM · #2 |
| Auto is better than missing a shot. But there is no known substitute for experience in knowing how to set your camera to get the outcome to match what you envision. So, if you are in doubt, go ahead and shoot a couple of frames in Auto to start with. Look at the results on your LCD and make refinements as needed to suit your taste. That's one of the advantages of digital -taking lots of shots and seeing the reults immediately- so use it! |
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10/22/2004 11:11:28 AM · #3 |
I would roughly know what F stop I want to use so would set the camera to the AV mode and the camera would set the shutter speed, and quickly check the results and adjust if needed.
I only really use the Manual and AV mode... |
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10/22/2004 11:14:56 AM · #4 |
I always use the onboard metering on my 10D. (and on the D60 I used to use).
Most of my in-a-crunch shots are during weddings so the necessity to have the exact exposure, etc is minimal. People just don't care. Which is good for me. |
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10/22/2004 11:32:31 AM · #5 |
| On the sigma I use mostly manual everything. If not in manual, I use ap mode since I usually want to control dof more than speed. I've never used auto. On the dimage I don't have a choice except portrait or not. |
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10/22/2004 11:41:27 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by Karalew:
How much time do you spend setting up for a shot? If there is a picture you want to take and you don't have a lot of time, do you use the auto settings on your camera, or do you have a setting that you refer to in a pinch? |
I never use auto but often use aperture priority and sometimes shutter priority. If the exposure is hard to predict I just shoot more shots with different exposure and then find out afterwards what was the best one. Besides shooting in RAW mode gives you some flexabilitie in post processing adjustment to exposure. |
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10/22/2004 01:17:33 PM · #7 |
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10/22/2004 01:54:29 PM · #8 |
I carry my camera with me everywhere. When I put it back in the bag I make sure the kit lens is on the camera and set to autofocus, the ISO at 200, white balance to auto and leave it in aperature priority at f 11. Under most grab-it-turn-it-on-and-shoot circumstances this "default" setting will do. At least I don't have to spend time guessing what each setting is if I do need to make a quick adjustment.
Also, I do guess at settings and pre-set when I know I'm heading into a special situation such as a holiday party (increase ISO, adjust white balance for interior light), concert (change to longer lens), baseball game (switch to time priority to catch action), etc.
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10/22/2004 02:17:01 PM · #9 |
| I would add that having it set to a single, centre Auto Focus point will assist with this as well... |
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10/22/2004 04:14:03 PM · #10 |
With hand-held shots on a bright day, I use a 'default' setting of 1/1000 shutter speed priority and partial-meter, if time allows. Time, mostly, allows. :-)
Much depends on light, the lens I happen to be using (+ two stops above its widest AV is usually sharpest), whether or not the cam is on a tripod, whether my subject is stationary or moving and how predictable scene and light are.
If depth of field is critical for the shot, it's aperture priority or manual. Photographing water falls, trying to capture a moving flow of texture in low light, it's manual. When I'm done with a shoot and move on, click, I return settings to shutter speed priority.
My camera remains set at 100 ISO (99% of the time), at Continuous (99% of the time) and auto white balance (all the time), centre-focus (99% of the time).
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