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| February 7th, 2007 08:35 AM | |  LVE
Joined: Aug 1, 2006
Posts: 827 | Auto Modes - Manual Modes - Part 1
I have been working with several people who own cameras that are capable of using settings other than Auto, like Aperture & Shutter Priority, I hear all kinds of reasons why they don't, and to me it just doesn't make sense. You have to try, you have to experiment.
When you are shooting in Auto Mode, the camera is programmed to do certain things consistent with that mode. In effect, it is deciding what you want to see and although there are certain adjustments you can make on certain cameras in Auto modes, they are limited.
It is important to understand that when you are looking through the Viewfinder to take a shot, you are seeing with most cameras, a two dimensional view of what you are seeing with your eye, which is seeing the shot in three dimensions. You select an Auto Mode and the camera makes its adjustment when you push the Shutter Button. It averages based on what you are focusing on and the type of focus setup you selected on your camera if your camera has one. If you were to look at the shot immediately, you could decide if it was what you wanted, and if it wasn't, what would you do. Try a different Auto Mode and let the camera decide for you again? If you want to get better, this won't work! Remember - What you see in the Viewfinder except for the focus, and a general two dimensional view of what your eye sees in three dimension. You see focus and everall lightness & darkness. IS NOT WHAT IS GOING TO COME OUT ON YOUR MEMORY DEVICE AND WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU PROCESS IT! The relationship of Aperture and Shutter speed, and some other setup elements are what allows you to get your desired output.
May I ask all of you "PROS" out there, to try and keep the responses simple and related to Part 1. I will do a couple of more sections to this. Also, please keep it generic, and not related to what your specific camera can do. In the future, I would welcome you to be a contributer and discuss items of interest to you, and to our members. I would estimate that close to 60% of our members shoot auto 90% of the time. If they want to advance, I would like to help them do so! | | | << 1 [2] | | | February 9th, 2007 04:40 PM | | LVE
Joined: Aug 1, 2006
Posts: 827 | Thanks Jack
Good suggestion and idea. It will demonstrate it for sure! | | February 15th, 2007 01:49 PM | | andreyG
Joined: Sep 19, 2006
Posts: 391 | light
if you press your buttom 1/2 way - it usually show on any model of the camera, what your need now, usual rule - if you go 1 f stop up - it is 1 click down on a shatter speed - - if you have f 5.6 and 1/500 f4 will need 1/1000 and f.8 would need 1/250, but if you use apperture or shutter priority - it does it for you, anytime you can make a shot and look it up on the screen. And everytime I am wandering what I need to have in my shot to make it perfect. Anybody knows it. | | | << 1 [2] | |
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