Why I use 'M'...... (Page 6): The poster that you replied to didn't want to have anything. The poster that you replied to just plucked some numbers out of the ether to use as an...

lighthouse Loc: No Fixed Abode

BebuLamar wrote:

The poster that I replied to wanted to have ISO100, 1/1250 and f/11. With that setting very unlikely he could find a scene that bright and most likely to be underexposed. The brightest condition we generally found is that of full sun and that would call for ISO100, 1/200, f/11.

The poster that you replied to didn't want to have anything.
The poster that you replied to just plucked some numbers out of the ether to use as an example.
The actual numbers used weren't important to the point that was being made so when the typo of 1200 instead of 200 occured, the poster determined that it was unimportant to go back and fix it.
You are trying to reiterate a stupid point that doesn't even matter to the context of the conversation.

lighthouse wrote:

If my aim is to get to ISO 100, F/11, 1/1200th sec, I don't really care how I get there.
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Delderby Loc: Derby UK

jack schade wrote:

I shoot in aperture priority or manual. About 50/50. My macro is 100% manual.
Jack

Hi Jack - sounds sensible - but shutter priority must also make sense when taking advantage of the long zooms that most of us now have? Even with a tripod? :-)

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

ajohnston3 wrote:

On several occasions I have had folks ask me why I... (show quote)

I shoot lots of wildlife. The most challenging subjects are birds like eagles, common terns, skimmers - they have bright white plumage, and also very dark plumage. I set my camera to M, spot meter mode, measure the brightness of the white plumage, add about 2/3 to 1 stop to the meter's reading to ensure that the white is recorded as white with detail, and shoot away. If a cloud comes by, I back off the shutter speed about a stop or so. These are times when any automatic setting wil yield unacceptable results.

WayneW Loc: South Carolina

WayneW wrote:

I like aperture priority, but I find myself getting a focus point, then using aperture lock in a different area of the scene, recomposing, then shooting. It takes maybe a second, two at the most. Sort of like a fast acting manual. I grew up with a Minolta Hi-Matic E, then took my (still have it) Minolta SRT 101 with a trusty 58mm 1.4 all the way to Nam.

Meant to say EXPOSURE lock, not APERTURE lock. Sorry 'bout that, must be getting old!

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Nightski wrote:

We have just had a discussion about whether a technically imperfect photo can be compelling in the Photo Critique Section.

Graham Smith .. in full manual and manual focus from the hip because that is all the time he had .. keeper or no?
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-294856-1.html

Probably not his best work, but yes, it's a keeper, due to the real nature of the moment. A woman with purple hair, visibly upset over something, with a story behind it... This could be a part of a story, the way video taken in a war zone is often seemingly random, blurry, shaky, and frantic.

bkyser Loc: Fly over country in Indiana

I figure the actual image is what is important, not the settings. I learned by shooting all manual, so it is what is comfortable and quick for me. I could care less what mode someone shoots in, an amazing photo, is an amazing photo. A crappy photo taken in Manual, is no less crappy than a bad photo taken in Auto.

superpijak Loc: Middle TN

BebuLamar wrote:

If you use any of the auto mode P, S or A because you find using manual is difficult then it's a problem. If you use manual mode easily but automation makes it faster for you then there is no problem. You know when automation will fail and switch to manual.

Yep I agree Bebu

Nightski

Delderby wrote:

Hi Jack - sounds sensible - but shutter priority must also make sense when taking advantage of the long zooms that most of us now have? Even with a tripod? :-)

Hey Delderby, I hope this post helps clear up any doubts you have about whether or not I was shooting a live goose. This is another image of the same goose.

And yes .. double checked .. my camera was at 1/1250 on this shot and the other one. Perhaps I need to work on my panning technique. I am fairly new at this. But believe me .. I would never post a shot of a stuffed goose.

Here's the thread I started where you commented so you can compare.

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-295423-1.html

Goose Landing

(Download)

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Nightski wrote:

Hey Delderby, I hope this post helps clear up any ... (show quote)

Hi Nightski - I never doubted you or your pic - it was just good to see some recorded movement in a still shot. I have faith in the integrity of all Hogs with whom I have conversed - even when I do not share their views. And I have now learned that 1/1250 will not necessarily freeze a BIF, making it appear more natural - which for me would be an ideal shutter speed. :-)

Nightski

Delderby wrote:

Hi Nightski - I never doubted you or your pic - it was just good to see some recorded movement in a still shot. I have faith in the integrity of all Hogs with whom I have conversed - even when I do not share their views. And I have now learned that 1/1250 will not necessarily freeze a BIF, making it appear more natural - which for me would be an ideal shutter speed. :-)

Thank you, Delderby. :-)

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

Ugly Jake wrote:

One of the main purposes of having a DSLR is to get more IQ - Image Quality, and to make subjects "pop" from the background with shallow DOF. I like to keep the ISO down to 200 (or less), and the aperture as small as I can go with available light. I've been using some Aperture Priority, but for alandscape or poetrait, I might go to M. (But I'm still learning a new camera, too)

There is good reason to use all modes. Each has advantages over the others when the situation is right.

BebuLamar

Perhaps each mode has its own advantages but I don't use some of the modes. When I use my Nikon F5 I have the custom setting set so that there is no S or P possible.

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Ugly Jake wrote:

One of the main purposes of having a DSLR is to get more IQ - Image Quality, and to make subjects "pop" from the background with shallow DOF. I like to keep the ISO down to 200 (or less), and the aperture as small as I can go with available light. I've been using some Aperture Priority, but for alandscape or poetrait, I might go to M. (But I'm still learning a new camera, too)

But are you likely to get "more IQ" with "aperture as small as I can go" or "to make subjects "pop" from the background with shallow DOF".? :-)

waegwan Loc: Mae Won Li

ajohnston3 wrote:

On several occasions I have had folks ask me why I... (show quote)

I prefer full manual (M) mode where I select the ISO. Just to be clear I'm not confusing one of the "Creative Modes" :thumbup: