Question for professional photographers

[o hey tyler]

Keep your camera on program mode all the time! Its sort of like a cross between auto and manual! Try it out!
Hope this helps...

I never shot in P Mode even once. I dont even know what it does really.

lol guise what about creative auto? its da future rite?

 

[jamesdavidboro]

Then dont encourage her to use that LOL.

I didn't....

 

[Robin Usagani]

I meant Eddie . I guess P mode is a little better than green box LOL

 

[Tee]

"Understanding Exposure" page 15 - setting manual exposure. You will never dial to another scene mode again.

 

[chmille]

yea, I've never used anything but manual settings. I love my manual settings. I guess maybe because I first start using a Minolta, and film and there wasn't anything but manual settings. But I really think it's preference.

 

[pauliec]

I usually use aperture priority when I shoot sports, and manual for everything else.

What is the advantage of using aperture priority when shooting sports? I would think shutter priority would be best.

 

[skieur]

I use everything and avoid getting into a rut. I shoot manual, aperture priority, shutter priority, and any auto mode that will give me what I want in a particular shooting situation. Landscape mode for example often warms up the colours a little and adds some contrast and saturation. No matter what I am shooting, if I am working on a dull, dark day or in the shade I may want exactly that combination for a particular subject. Dynamic Range is turned on, is in some auto modes and not others so I may use a mode to quickly improve the dynamic range in the scene.

skieur

 

[Blake.Oney]

I usually use aperture priority when I shoot sports, and manual for everything else.

What is the advantage of using aperture priority when shooting sports? I would think shutter priority would be best.

I wouldn't do it because of shallow DOF, but in AP you can open the aperture wide open and it automatically gives you the fastest shutter speed possible for that aperture while still exposing correctly.

 

[digabella]

Thanks everyone for all of the advice. I do definitely want to learn the manual modes, and I will read my d40 for dummies book and I'll think "oh yeah, I get it" but then when I look at my camera, it seems that the numbers (such as fstops) just do not match what they are "supposed" to be at all. That's why I thought maybe I needed some type of book that teaches specifically about how to take the pictures, because I'm definitely missing something and get confused???

 

[EddieDerbyshire]

On my camera you can control aperture with it...?

 

[o hey tyler]

On my camera you can control aperture with it...?

If you still are using the 450D in your flickr photostream, then yes. Simply switch it to Manual or Av mode, and you will have control over your aperture value. Which is represented by a decimal, 2.5, 2.8, 5.6, etc. But can also be whole numbers as well, f/4, 8, 2, and so on. The larger the number, the smaller the lens opening.