Manual Mode is Outdated
Feb 18, 2023 17:53:48 #
joer wrote:
I has it place, just like all the other shooting modes. The skill is to know what to use at the appropriate time.
Feb 18, 2023 18:59:02 #
I hate to sound like an old grouch (that's not agism- I used to be a young grouch!) but I sometimes think that some of these online gurus write stuff with kinda "shocking" headlines just to stir up controversy. Either that or they have nothing really creative, new, or innovative to say, or perhaps they have nothing better to do with themselves.
Manual Mode is Outdated? How obtuse is that? I wrote "obtuse" because my mother told me not to call anyone "stupid"!
As much as I like and fully utilize some of the automatic features of my modern digital cameras, I still need to do at least 60% of my professional work in manual mode. My "intelligent" cameras still can not figure out critical exposures and lighting ratios in multiple flash work. There are many lighting situations that can "fool" the cameras' meterig system. In many situations, it takes less time to make exposure meter readings and precise settings than to let the camera do the all thinking and then figuring how to compensate or work around what IT did to include in the equation.
With fast shootg situations- event coverages, sports, riots, whatever- I have no issues with all the automation I can use.
Manual Mode is Outdated? How obtuse is that? I wrote "obtuse" because my mother told me not to call anyone "stupid"!
As much as I like and fully utilize some of the automatic features of my modern digital cameras, I still need to do at least 60% of my professional work in manual mode. My "intelligent" cameras still can not figure out critical exposures and lighting ratios in multiple flash work. There are many lighting situations that can "fool" the cameras' meterig system. In many situations, it takes less time to make exposure meter readings and precise settings than to let the camera do the all thinking and then figuring how to compensate or work around what IT did to include in the equation.
With fast shootg situations- event coverages, sports, riots, whatever- I have no issues with all the automation I can use.
Feb 18, 2023 19:08:02 #
Feb 18, 2023 19:10:40 #
charles brown wrote:
Who knows whether or not such a person is out there. I don't know, but anything is possible when considering human behavior.
Might not be so enjoyable at the moment , but WHAT a learning experience if you allow it to be....Put your ego away and figure out WHAT you did or did not do. BTW, the journey IS the most important !
Feb 18, 2023 19:16:58 #
Wasn't there a story about the Donners who took the path less traveled? A 'journey of self-discovery' we might call it today?
Feb 18, 2023 19:23:40 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Wasn't there a story about the Donners who took the path less traveled? A 'journey of self-discovery' we might call it today?
Feb 18, 2023 19:30:27 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Wasn't there a story about the Donners who took the path less traveled? A 'journey of self-discovery' we might call it today?
Talk about overexposure.
Feb 18, 2023 19:32:28 #
Feb 18, 2023 23:59:18 #
Feb 19, 2023 00:04:16 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
CHG_CANON wrote:
You are what your exposure mode says you are.
My exposure mode is usually DU, dull and uninteresting. I’m hoping for AA, angry and accusing. On my best days it’s M, mediocre.
Feb 19, 2023 05:45:54 #
cmc4214
Loc: S.W. Pennsylvania
Longshadow wrote:
I don't believe manual mode is "outdated". But, just like everyone else, he has an opinion.
Each mode has its beneficial uses. Many like one mode more than the others, for THEIR work.
Those that purport that any one particular mode "MUST BE USED" or one is not a true photographer are full of digested material.
Each mode has its beneficial uses. Many like one mode more than the others, for THEIR work.
Those that purport that any one particular mode "MUST BE USED" or one is not a true photographer are full of digested material.
Feb 19, 2023 05:47:59 #
If the Manual Mode is outdated it is not for me. I feel confident when I use it and I use it often.
My habit of using this mode started when I was learning photography. It was my most used mode while I was using film and I continued to use it when I bought my first digital camera.
This mode and Aperture Priority are the two modalities I use more often in my shootings.
My habit of using this mode started when I was learning photography. It was my most used mode while I was using film and I continued to use it when I bought my first digital camera.
This mode and Aperture Priority are the two modalities I use more often in my shootings.
Feb 19, 2023 05:48:31 #
cmc4214
Loc: S.W. Pennsylvania
CHG_CANON wrote:
For anyone with a modern camera that enables Exposure Compensation with AUTO ISO in Manual, these cameras and their photographers have the best of all modern digital technology. It's like the old (P)rofessional, except now the camera responds with an ISO change instead of an aperture or shutterspeed response. This makes Manual more relevant, not less.
If you are using auto ISO, are you really shooting manual?
Feb 19, 2023 08:01:05 #
Feb 19, 2023 08:07:17 #
Did you ever think maybe Scott Kelby is outdated? Washed up opinions mean nothing in my photography! I only seek out useful opinions and techniques!
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