Photographers and Auto Modes

[JacaRanda]

I'm pretty sure he was someone who was like I used to be, constantly changing settings in various modes trying to get everything perfect and missing shots of wildlife.

IMO it is not a bad way for a person to learn (changing settings to see different results). There will always be missed shots. I would get bored pretty fast if all or most of my shots were taken at F8 1/1000 and iso was all over the place.

 

[Dao]

But what they do is shoot in manual mode, set the aperture, and then dial the shutter speed until the camera light meter said it is at "0". And in the next scene, they point the camera to the subject and then dial the shutter speed again so that the light meter is back to "0".

Unless using "Sunny/16" or you can judge aperture & shutter speed looking at the scene, one takes a meter reading then adjust the camera from there. If the camera has a great meter built in why not use it?

I agree. What seems to be interesting is some people who shoot manual mode will fix 2 settings out of Aperture, shutter speed and ISO. And then adjust the last setting until the camera said "0". Why not just use the priority mode? The result is the same.

 

[grafxman]

Thanks for that info Gavjenks. I'll have to play around with that a little. I've just been comfortable with shooting the way I described above and saw no reason to change. I haven't been using my 7D any since I got the 6D. I've been shooting indoors a lot with the 6D because it excels at noise control. Now that fall approaches and the Sigmonster is arriving this Friday I'll be heading to the wetlands with the 7D and the Sigmonster for some wildlife photography. That will outdoors in bright sunlight so I don't won't have to worry about noise.