What setting to you use more?

[EleanorW]

Just curious about what setting everyone prefers, or uses more.

 

[PhotoXopher]

I find myself in Aperture Priority about 95% of the time. The only time I'm not is when I need to convey movement. Even in difficult lighting I still use Aperture Priority and just use exposure compensation.

I've found I can do pretty much anything that way that I can in manual mode only it's faster.

 

[Plato]

I find myself in Aperture Priority about 95% of the time. The only time I'm not is when I need to convey movement. Even in difficult lighting I still use Aperture Priority and just use exposure compensation.

I've found I can do pretty much anything that way that I can in manual mode only it's faster.

Ditto.

 

[Dao]

AV most of the time. But manual sometimes for consistency, [especially with flash(es) ] or when I do not trust the camera meter at that time.

 

[Big Mike]

I'm probably 50-50 between Av & M.

 

[g-fi]

Manual mostly because the lens that I've been working with are non-metering, all manual lens. If I'm not in manual, I'm in Av.

 

[bigtwinky]

80% of the time in Aperture
15% of the time in Manual
5% in Shutter / Program

 

[Jon0807]

90% Manual
10% Av
Tv on rare occasions

 

[inTempus]

I leave my bodies in Av mode (aperture priority for you non-Canon folk). I use Manual when in studio or using stobes of any sort. I use Tv (shutter priority) when shooting fast moving subjects or sports.

 

[Dmitri]

Depends what I'm doing. If I have full control of what I shoot, I go manual. If I'm shooting wildlife, I go shutter.

 

[KmH]

85% manual mode, 10% Av mode, 5% Tv mode. But, when I originally learned SLR photography manual everything was my only option.

 

[bhop]

Depends on the camera i'm using, but with my D's and my F100, I usually use Aperture priority, maybe using manual or shutter priority if the shots call for it. Nikon's matrix metering makes it easy. With my FE I generally use it in manual, even though it's got an aperture priority mode just because it feels right that way. The rest of my cameras (that I use anyway) are manual only.

 

[Insp Gadget]

Just curious, but why does Canon use Av and Tv to designate aperture and shutter priority? What do they stand for?

 

[c.cloudwalker]

All manual, all the the time. Including focusing.

Never have used anything else and find it hard to trust the camera. lol.

 

[Christie Photo]

Manual.

I insist on having complete control over what the camera is doing.

-Pete