P*
Mar 27, 2022 13:27:43 #
RightOnPhotography
Loc: Quebec,QC
*P stand for Professional. When you use this mode, your images will get a lots of likes 😁
Mar 27, 2022 13:42:25 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
avemal wrote:
Need info. on this!--------Thanks
Some answers are close to correct. And like most things your camera may or may not have this feature, and it may or may not work the same.
But its really very simple. There is a library of curves with combinations os aperture and shutter speed for each ISO setting and each light level sensed by the meter. There is a default curve for each ISO value. The idea is to avoid extreme values of either aperture or shutter speed.
Turning the command dials allows the photographer to select other combinations of aperture and shutter speed while maintaining correct exposure. Once he selects a non-default combination, an asterisk appears next to the P. He can either turn the dial vack to go back to the default combinations or else turn the camera off and back on to reset. The asterisk will then disappear.
Mar 27, 2022 13:45:09 #
Not all cameras show the P* in the same place. My D500 shows it in the screen on top of the camera, while the D7200 shows it in the viewfinder next to the shutter speed.
Go figure
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Go figure
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Mar 27, 2022 13:47:25 #
RightOnPhotography wrote:
*P stand for Professional. When you use this mode, your images will get a lots of likes 😁
The OP asked P* not *P.
Mar 27, 2022 13:58:43 #
Ysarex wrote:
I use P* mode most of the time with all my cameras. I'm a stickler for complete control over exposure and P* mode provides that along with efficiency.
How refreshing to see an expert photographer use an auto mode while still maintaining complete control over exposure.
I have never understood the obsessive (and in my opinion misguided) emphasis on "control" exhibited by some of our UHHers.
Mar 27, 2022 14:27:23 #
Ysarex
Loc: St. Louis
srt101fan wrote:
How refreshing to see an expert photographer use an auto mode while still maintaining complete control over exposure.
I have never understood the obsessive (and in my opinion misguided) emphasis on "control" exhibited by some of our UHHers.
I have never understood the obsessive (and in my opinion misguided) emphasis on "control" exhibited by some of our UHHers.
P* mode provides "control" over exposure parameters (within reason) -- that's one of the reasons why I use it. When I take a photo I chose the exposure. P* mode lets me do that.
Mar 27, 2022 14:33:10 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Fear of P mode defeats more photographers than any other setting on their camera, followed closely by Exposure Compensation.
And they all damnt well deserve their P* fate. Fuggm if they cant take a joke. Its darwinism on disp*lay at its finest.
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Mar 27, 2022 14:54:20 #
User ID wrote:
And they all damnt well deserve their P* fate. Fuggm if they cant take a joke. Its darwinism on disp*lay at its finest.
And I don't use P nor the Exposure Compensator.
Mar 27, 2022 15:01:00 #
BebuLamar wrote:
And I don't use P nor the Exposure Compensator.
And you're probably proud of it!....
Mar 27, 2022 15:02:00 #
therwol
Loc: USA
CHG_CANON wrote:
Fear of P mode defeats more photographers than any other setting on their camera, followed closely by Exposure Compensation.
I have a Canon G7X II. Nearly all of the custom settings for jpegs are made in the P mode. My camera is never out of that mode.
Mar 27, 2022 15:04:10 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
therwol wrote:
I have a Canon G7X II. Nearly all of the custom settings for jpegs are made in the P mode. My camera is never out of that mode.
Interesting comment. On all of my cameras, P is an exposure mode that has nothing to do with how an image is stored...
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Mar 27, 2022 15:29:17 #
larryepage wrote:
Interesting comment. On all of my cameras, P is an exposure mode that has nothing to do with how an image is stored...
Mine neither. Mine processes (creates) the JPEG based on the settings in Picture Styles.
The exposure modes only control the method by which the exposure is made.
Mar 27, 2022 15:42:15 #
srt101fan wrote:
And you're probably proud of it!....
Nah! It's just easier for me that way. It's the way I do it. Using P then you have to shift then you have to use EC it's more work.
Mar 27, 2022 15:53:01 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
BebuLamar wrote:
Nah! It's just easier for me that way. It's the way I do it. Using P then you have to shift then you have to use EC it's more work.
Where's your EC button? Mine is right by the shutter release. It's a one-handed adjustment with my eye still at the viewfinder. 1/3 stop per click, with total adjustment displayed in the bottom of the viewfinder.
Mar 27, 2022 17:15:32 #
larryepage wrote:
Where's your EC button? Mine is right by the shutter release. It's a one-handed adjustment with my eye still at the viewfinder. 1/3 stop per click, with total adjustment displayed in the bottom of the viewfinder.
EC via a button is way much better than a dedicated dial that just takes up space on the top plate. On the better cameras that button is reassignable, unlike a dedicated dial that some users never use.
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