Make Way For Goslings....An Experiment Using The Scene Modes
Apr 28, 2020 08:32:03 #
I normally shoot landscapes in aperture priority and everything else in manual.
I decided to go to a local park, Vines Park, in Georgia and see what the results would be using the scene modes. The camera is a Nikon D7500 with a Tamron 18-400 lens.
I used 3 scene modes, Sports, Close Up, and Landscape.
These were taken yesterday. I was curious what settings the camera would choose.
Some of the shutter speeds were surprising, like photo #3...a close up of a stationary object at 86mm for 1/1000.
On the other hand, in photo #4, the flower had a shutter speed of 1/250, less than one over the focal length of 270.
Anyway, many of us are trying to find new things to do. I chose this.
I decided to go to a local park, Vines Park, in Georgia and see what the results would be using the scene modes. The camera is a Nikon D7500 with a Tamron 18-400 lens.
I used 3 scene modes, Sports, Close Up, and Landscape.
These were taken yesterday. I was curious what settings the camera would choose.
Some of the shutter speeds were surprising, like photo #3...a close up of a stationary object at 86mm for 1/1000.
On the other hand, in photo #4, the flower had a shutter speed of 1/250, less than one over the focal length of 270.
Anyway, many of us are trying to find new things to do. I chose this.
Sports Mode, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 640, 400mm
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Sports Mode, f/5.6, 1/1600, ISO 400, 75mm
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Close Up Mode, f/5, 1/1000, ISO 900, 86mm
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Close Up Mode, f/8, 1/250, ISO 100, 270 mm
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Sports Mode, f/6.3, 1/500, ISO 6400, 400mm
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Landscape Mode, f/10, 1/250, ISO 200, 50mm
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Apr 28, 2020 08:35:50 #
deanfl wrote:
I normally shoot landscapes in aperture priority a... (show quote)
Fantastic results.......the picture styles are very nice and I too love to use them now & then. They are surprisingly vivid and colorful.
Apr 28, 2020 08:46:49 #
Apr 28, 2020 08:50:10 #
#3: in close-up mode it appeared to choose the widest aperture for the lighting conditions in order to give you a shallow depth of field. But...why 1/1000 sec instead of 1/250 sec (two stops slower) so that the ISO could also be reduced? I don't think it matters whether the subject was stationary (how does the camera know if it's moving), but the ISO "issue" is troubling.
#4 makes a little more sense because the focal length could produce the out of focus background at f/8 and maybe it assumes tripod use?
One could guess at the camera's "reasoning" all day, eh?
This series is a great example of why it's important for novices to do controlled tests and analyze the results and to understand how exposure works. Thanks Dean!
(btw, I tried to confirm "close-up mode" on #3, but the two exif readers I used couldn't define
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#4 makes a little more sense because the focal length could produce the out of focus background at f/8 and maybe it assumes tripod use?
One could guess at the camera's "reasoning" all day, eh?
This series is a great example of why it's important for novices to do controlled tests and analyze the results and to understand how exposure works. Thanks Dean!
(btw, I tried to confirm "close-up mode" on #3, but the two exif readers I used couldn't define
)Apr 28, 2020 08:59:43 #
Thank you for posting. I was especially interested because I also have the D7500, which I really like. I always forget about those scene modes whenever I'm looking for a different angle. . .
Apr 28, 2020 09:07:56 #
donrent
Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl
To me, it would have been much more to use the same subject matter in the different modes to campare. The last one of the landscape mode is horrible when in the + setting.
Is it me, or am I still trying to compare digital cameras to film (slides) ?
Is it me, or am I still trying to compare digital cameras to film (slides) ?
Apr 28, 2020 09:21:49 #
A bit off the topic, but I really like the lighting in the first picture of the ducklings!
Jason
Jason
Apr 28, 2020 13:44:54 #
Blair Shaw Jr wrote:
Fantastic results.......the picture styles are very nice and I too love to use them now & then. They are surprisingly vivid and colorful.
Thank you. Most of us probably only use a portion of what our cameras are capable of.
Apr 28, 2020 13:47:01 #
Fotoartist wrote:
The last scene is fantastic.
Thank you for the compliment. I probably can’t take credit for the camera settings.🙂
Apr 28, 2020 14:01:59 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
#3: in close-up mode it appeared to choose the wid... (show quote)
Thank you, Linda, for taking the time to analyze the results. Maybe the camera thought #3 was a person who might move.🙂
Today I went back with a 50mm prime to the same park, again using scene modes. Surprisingly I captured a Great Blue Heron in flight....but that post will be in the future.
Apr 28, 2020 14:10:27 #
odujim wrote:
Thank you for posting. I was especially interested because I also have the D7500, which I really like. I always forget about those scene modes whenever I'm looking for a different angle. . .
Thank you for your comment. Most on this site probably seldom or never use the scene modes. I am trying to learn something new that may be helpful for the future. I enjoy the D7500 also....a very capable camera.
Apr 28, 2020 14:27:24 #
donrent wrote:
To me, it would have been much more to use the same subject matter in the different modes to campare. The last one of the landscape mode is horrible when in the + setting.
Is it me, or am I still trying to compare digital cameras to film (slides) ?
Is it me, or am I still trying to compare digital cameras to film (slides) ?
Thank you for taking the time to comment. I am guessing that you suggest comparing the results of one of the scene modes to aperture priority, shutter priority, or manual, for the same subject. I agree that that could be useful. I have no immediate plans to do that however.
Apr 28, 2020 14:31:37 #
JasonC wrote:
A bit off the topic, but I really like the lighting in the first picture of the ducklings!
Jason
Jason
Thank you...I also liked how the lighting turned out.
Apr 28, 2020 16:50:32 #
Apr 29, 2020 08:20:07 #
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