Manual Mode is Outdated
Feb 19, 2023 09:45:33 #
Rongnongno wrote:
If you follow and believe what is going on the web, good luck with your life.
Whatever mode selected is a personal choice. Having one individual air his opinion does not make one correct. Scott is renown to give biased advices that make very little sense.
Whatever mode selected is a personal choice. Having one individual air his opinion does not make one correct. Scott is renown to give biased advices that make very little sense.
EVERYTHING is "going on on the web." Follow what you want, believe what you want.
What did he say that you think makes little sense?
Feb 19, 2023 09:50:31 #
BigDaddy wrote:
EVERYTHING is "going on on the web." Follow what you want, believe what you want.
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The problem is the people who believe the erroneous stuff....
because it's on the internet.
Feb 19, 2023 09:54:45 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
BebuLamar wrote:
I get what you said but my comment is about someone said if one doesn't use the EC then it's not manual. I never use the EC. I use the camera in manual and set everything in manual and not using the EC. Is that Auto?
Personally, I am finding EC to be the most useful tool on my cameras, no matter what mode I am using. But EC can also be accomplished by simply setting to a different point on the meter scale (my eyes are no longer reliable enough to work that way). So in my mind, EC has nothing to do with manual or not.
On the other hand, maybe I can claim a heightened "awareness" of exposure if I'm using EC in an automatic mode. Don't know that it really matters too much...
Feb 19, 2023 10:01:11 #
I'm 80 years old, therefor Outdated also. My camera has many controls, each of which is useful. Scott Kelby writes good instructional material and has a good sense of humor but he's not always right. He's a business and when a business needs attention you can count on Scott to come up with something to get him(it) attention. Way to go Scott.
Feb 19, 2023 10:01:47 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Retired CPO wrote:
Absolutely NOT. Are you really saying that you would enjoy a day spent in the outdoors lugging a camera around and coming home without a good photograph???
No, But I would prefer coming home with 100 shots of which 60 or 70 were well thought out keepers rather than 300 or 400 run and gun shots where the number of images I am really happy with could be 50 or less. Thinking about and planning each image is a lot more enjoyable for me which is why in recent years I started shooting with manual focus prime lenses again, shooting in manual mode, of course. I certainly would not recommend it to everyone. It was a personal decision I made a few years back when I realized that I was not enjoying the photography process as much as I had when I was shooting with a film camera before the advent of digital. So now I primarily use modern manual focus lenses made by Voigtlander and TTArtisan on my Nikon Z body. There are occasions I still use my autofocus zoom and prime lenses in modes other than manual but that is for convenience when the situation calls for it.
Feb 19, 2023 10:06:38 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Mac wrote:
I didn’t take that from what Charles said at all.
I do photography for the enjoyment of it, and part of that enjoyment is Manual Exposure. Quite often I use Manual Focus lenses as well, again for the enjoyment. Using manual does not preclude getting a good photograph. It’s not either/or.
I do photography for the enjoyment of it, and part of that enjoyment is Manual Exposure. Quite often I use Manual Focus lenses as well, again for the enjoyment. Using manual does not preclude getting a good photograph. It’s not either/or.
Feb 19, 2023 10:08:19 #
Feb 19, 2023 10:12:08 #
charles brown wrote:
Was browsing YouTube the other day when I ran across a video by Scott Kelby and friend entitled "Why Shooting in Manual Mode is Outdated....". Has anyone else seen the video and, if so, what do you think of his point of view? Not sure I completely buy into everything he says, but he does raise some interesting thoughts.
Try shooting astrophotography in any other mode and get back to me!
bwa
Feb 19, 2023 10:15:55 #
Longshadow wrote:
They put them there for other people.
Some like A and nothing else.
Saves making 8? dedicated camera bodies with no selection.
Some like A and nothing else.
Saves making 8? dedicated camera bodies with no selection.
Heh...I know why they do it.
Feb 19, 2023 10:17:52 #
Feb 19, 2023 10:21:09 #
Longshadow wrote:
They put them there for other people.
Some like A and nothing else.
Saves making 8? dedicated camera bodies with no selection.
Some like A and nothing else.
Saves making 8? dedicated camera bodies with no selection.
Dedicated bodies with no selection would be too expensive. It's a bit cheaper to make but since they can't sell many of them thus the development cost can't be share with many units and the price must be higher.
Feb 19, 2023 10:26:26 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Dedicated bodies with no selection would be too expensive. It's a bit cheaper to make but since they can't sell many of them thus the development cost can't be share with many units and the price must be higher.
(I was being facetious.
)Feb 19, 2023 10:27:38 #
Longshadow wrote:
The problem is the people who believe the erroneous stuff....
because it's on the internet.
because it's on the internet.
Since EVERYTHING is on the net, if you believe EVERTHING, you are one scrambled head case. It's up to the individual what parts of EVERYTHING he believes and what he doesn't. Dismissing something simply because it's on the net is lame, you'd have to dismiss EVERYTHING. Scott thinks shooting in manual mode is overrated, others think it's the only way to shoot. BOTH opinions are on the internet, complete with the logic behind each position. Scott thinks there are situations where manual should be used. I personally agree with him. When I first starting taking photo's, you had no choice, you had to shoot in manual, and if you missed it, too bad, and the mistakes were expensive.
Today's camera's do a fine job of focusing, exposure, white balance and so on. Even if you don't want what the camera is going to do, you can easily make adjustment setting different priorities, or even manual if desired. Fine tuning, even big changes can be made in post. Todays camera's are a huge improvement over the old manual camera's, as is editing capabilities of modern software. You can ignore all this high tech crap, shoot only manual, and SOOC. I prefer to take advantage of tech when appropriate.
Feb 19, 2023 10:30:04 #
Longshadow wrote:
(I was being facetious. )
)I know but I heard many complain that people pay for features they don't use. Well in fact accepting those features that you don't use save you money. You have to be rich to insist on not having features you don't want on your camera.
Feb 19, 2023 10:31:59 #
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