Thoughts on shooting A or S vs M

[subscuck]

Is it good to learn how to use manual though? I've been using manual because I am learning how to use a DSLR. Im really slow at it and sometimes miss the shot. Aperture priority and shutter priority - is it better to play with those as a noob? Or is it different for everyone and based on preference?

Here's a little homework/experiment for you. Set up a few shots, preferably on a tripod so you meter in the exact same spot. Decide what you want aperture and ISO to be. Take the shot in Av. Switch to manual, use the same aperture and ISO, dial in your ss to zero out the meter. Compare the numbers. Repeat several times.

Is it good to learn how to use manual? Sure, it can only help your understanding. And, as already stated, when using flash, it will give you the control you need. But to think it's the end-all-be-all-that -makes-you-a-real-photographer is just silly.

 

[subscuck]

Now that's just funny! :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

[MTVision]

Gee, that's funny. My Nikon came with a complete paper Manual the size of a loaf of bread.

Just sayin.

To the OP, shoot in whatever mode you want. You'll eventually find out which modes work best for which situations (and here's the kicker) for the style of pictures you want to make.

Its your life, you're in the driver's seat.

That, and punch your friend in the junk for being an asshat.

Personally, I'm in Aperture priority unless I'm using strobes, then I'm in manual.

But that's just me, and I have justifiably been accused of being wrong on several occasions.

Apparently Nikon has decide to save some trees (and shipping weight) by no longer including user manuals in some of its digital cameras. Since most people likely never touch the manuals anyway, it’s not really a problem, but the company’s draconian stance towards downloadable instruction manuals has some customers grumbling.

http://www.petapixel.com/2011/08/29...on-user-manuals-has-some-customers-grumbling/

Not all Nikons come with a full paper manual.

Just saying.

 

[Vtec44]

I shoot either in Aperture priority or Manual, depending on who I want to brag too. j/k