manual photography - learning more about it

[MonkMayfair1937]

I had started a manual photography thread, but it kind of got cluttered up with my wrong lens. While I'm waiting for the right one, I'm watching some youtube tutorials.



Spryos explains about a gray card and the way to batch autocorrect post-shooting in Lightroom. I have the Photoshop CS5 master collection, which has everything known to man except lightroom. Can I get to it within photoshop? (the relevant ones; it has After Effects, Bridge, Illustrator, indesign, etc.).

His indoor wedding example would probably be closest to my family photos needs. The ISO he would start out with is 1600 or 3200, aperture to lowest possible (that lens; 2.8), and shutter speed to 1/160. THEN to go exposure meter and tweak ISO until it reaches zero. Any thoughts on this?

(the camera is a Sony alpha 77 SLT-A77V). The lens will be Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR DI-II LD Aspherical.

 

[MonkMayfair1937]

Sony certainly succeeded in designing for maximum frustration. I got in the LED ring light, but while it fits on my F828 just fine, this hot shoe seems to be some goofy design.

The light ring has dreadful instructions. I had to guess how to attach the 62mm ring (screws on to the lens, and then the fixture slides over that). But now there's a big white circle on the edge of all the pictures (from the light).



How do I turn off the flash in M mode? I press fn and go to turn off flash, but then I get the ever-present "Invalid in this mode". According to the user manual, p. 83, flash off in M mode isn't available. That's dumb. What if it's in a really bright setting?

How I wish I had chosen a Canon or Nikon.

 

[john.margetts]

How do I turn off the flash in M mode? I press fn and go to turn off flash, but then I get the ever-present "Invalid in this mode". According to the user manual, p. 83, flash off in M mode isn't available. That's dumb. What if it's in a really bright setting?

How I wish I had chosen a Canon or Nikon.

I would image the reason that flash cannot be turned off in manual mode is because the flash is always off unless you turn it on. That is the point of a manual mode - you make the choices, not the camera. If you have a really bright conditions just do not turn the flash on.

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