What Mode: is your choice. I shot in Aperture a long time & decided to try Manual. I like the full control in manual but Aperture is a lot of fun from the artistic side. What is your...

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Feb 21, 2017 18:30:45 #

avemal Loc: BALTIMORE

is your choice.
I shot in Aperture a long time & decided to try Manual. I like the full control in manual but Aperture is a lot of fun from the artistic side. What is your choice?📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷

Feb 21, 2017 18:33:35 #

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Best of both your worlds: I set aperture and shutter speed, and let the camera choose the ISO (auto ISO). I keep an eye on tricky exposure situations, in case I need to override.

Feb 21, 2017 18:36:28 #

avemal Loc: BALTIMORE

Linda From Maine wrote:

Best of both your worlds: I set aperture and shutter speed, and let the camera choose the ISO (auto ISO). I keep an eye on tricky exposure situations, in case I need to override.

Thanks.

Feb 21, 2017 18:41:41 #

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Depends, normally it's aperture-preferred or full manual. Been playing with auto ISO myself lately.
Doesn't play well with flash, but otherwise I'm impressed.

Feb 21, 2017 18:45:32 #

ricardo7 Loc: Washington, DC - Santiago, Chile

Always M unless I shooting snaps. Then I'll use P.

Feb 21, 2017 18:46:18 #

avemal Loc: BALTIMORE

Interesting

Feb 21, 2017 18:58:37 #

Hangingon Loc: NW North Dakota

For sports I use shutter priority. I select the shutter speed first than choose an ISO that will put the aperture at about f8.

Feb 21, 2017 19:03:18 #

Rongnongno Loc: FL

You have hundreds of folks capable of giving you as many different answers. Which one do you want/expect to make you happy?

Feb 21, 2017 19:10:21 #

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

I shoot auto and sometimes aperture mode.

Feb 21, 2017 19:18:18 #

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

I shoot most of my shots through my car window, set on auto. But when Im out on foot I like to take control of my settings.

Feb 21, 2017 19:29:38 #

Bill_de Loc: US

Better than 90% of the time I shoot aperture priority. I keep an eye on the shutter speed and adjust the aperture dial to keep the shutter speed in the range I want, If the light get too low I manually adjust the ISO. I have the movie button on two of my cameras repurposed as an ISO button.

With all the information available in the viewfinder, and every adjustment at your fingertips without taking your eye from the viewfinder, what mode you choose really doesn't matter. Of course I "assume" you are paying attention to all that information.

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Feb 21, 2017 19:31:27 #

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

avemal wrote:

On Pentax K-5, K-20D, K-100D

Most often: Aperture Priority (first set ISO), watch Shutter Speed; "Av" on Pentax.
Second most often: Full Manual; "M" on Pentax.
Third (for action mostly): Shutter Priority (first set ISO), watch F-Stops. I don't ignore anything (for long); "Tv" on Pentax.

Rare, experiment: Sensitivity / Manual Auto-ISO; "Sv" on Pentax (I'm not sure I understand these two modes)*
Rare, experiment: Auto-ISO / Auto-ISO; "ATv" on Pentax (I'm not sure I understand these two modes)*

Program Automatic (never)
Green Full Auto (truly never)

* any other Pentax users truly understand these modes?

Feb 21, 2017 19:33:33 #

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

avemal wrote:

Not sure why Aperture priority should provide any more "artistic fun" then manual, but as long your happy.... I shoot manual around 80-85% of the time. The rest mostly in aperture priority.

Feb 21, 2017 20:11:36 #

jim quist Loc: Missouri

I was raised on manual and so that's what I like. I shoot sports wide open at 2.8.

Feb 21, 2017 20:17:29 #

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Either full manual or auto ISO. In auto ISO, I set the shutter speed I need to freeze the action, aperture to get the DOF I require (often wide open or a stop down), and let the ISO fall out where it will while keeping an eye on it in the event I may need to compromise. In the end, I can ameliorate noise due to high ISO to some extent, but I can't fix blurry shots due to inadequate shutter speed or wrong DOF (either too little or too much). That's my rationale... Note that I'm usually shooting action shots in low light rather than landscapes, etc. If I were shooting more carefully composed shots, I'd probably use a different procedure.

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