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Get Out of Auto: How to Use Your Camera’s Shooting Modes for Better Photos
Nov 7, 2016 10:58:01   #
St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet
 
Get Out of Auto: How to Use Your Camera’s Shooting Modes for Better Photos
http://www.howtogeek.com/277375/get-out-of-auto-how-to-use-your-cameras-shooting-modes-for-better-photos

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Nov 7, 2016 13:12:58   #
rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA
 
It literally took me years to get out of "P" = "Professional" (joke) mode. I have since learned about Basic Daylight Exposure 200 sec @ f/16, ISO 200 for daylight and use it all the time. The only time I resort for Program mode any more is to get an idea of what the Nikon algroythim thinks is an ideal exposure and go back to manual with this as a starting point.

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Nov 8, 2016 07:37:37   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
St3v3M wrote:
Get Out of Auto: How to Use Your Camera’s Shooting Modes for Better Photos
http://www.howtogeek.com/277375/get-out-of-auto-how-to-use-your-cameras-shooting-modes-for-better-photos


Auto is a good mode if you don't have time (or experience) or you don't know what to expect. Fiddling with setting to get a quick unexpected shot can result in a missed shot. I generally use Aperture.

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Nov 8, 2016 14:28:11   #
Kuzano
 
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
It literally took me years to get out of "P" = "Professional" (joke) mode. I have since learned about Basic Daylight Exposure 200 sec @ f/16, ISO 200 for daylight and use it all the time. The only time I resort for Program mode any more is to get an idea of what the Nikon algroythim thinks is an ideal exposure and go back to manual with this as a starting point.


Boy, was I wrong... I thought "P" stood for Per___!

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Apr 6, 2021 09:59:14   #
Constance
 
I mostly use manual in A mode, however I choose sport mode if I'm going to be birding. I can turn my camera on and boom click away and have a photo. I'm 77 and not as steady as I used to be.



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Apr 6, 2021 18:10:58   #
Martys Loc: Lubec, Maine
 
I'm afraid to say,.....Have never used auto anything on my cameras over the years,...unless you want to call matrix metering in the viewfinder auto???,.... which to me is just a starting point,....I'm a dinosaur of sorts and have many birthdays to prove it.

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