Camera settings

[Dangermouse]

Does anyone here use only manual or a mixture of M,AP,SP I use manual only and NEVER stray but was wondering about using AP for some aircraft shots but would this blow the sky

 

[recrudesce]

M and Av here :]

 

[bbb]

I would say that would depend on what metering mode you use.

How are you metering in manual?

 

[Yv]

I think 'most' people would use a mix to some degree or another. I certainly use manual as standard, but chuck in A when needed and very occasionally S.

 

[bbb]

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=172517

 

[V8burble]

M or A for me

 

[Dangermouse]

I would say that would depend on what metering mode you use.

How are you metering in manual?

Mainly in my head as I only shoot prop aircraft and know roughly what to use.
The nikon when pionting skyward tells me it needs a higher shutter than my usual 1/250 at f9 but I always get good results so only adjust slightly when its a dull or cloudy sky

 

[cowasaki]

Aperture, Manual, Shutter in that order....

 

[Chaz Photos]

Most of the time I use A or T but will use any depending on what I am doing.
SO it cane be anything from Manuel to full auto Yes I not to much pride to admit I use it at times.

 

[fracster]

Not using all the settings is a bit like living in a mansion and only using two rooms.The functions are there, so why not use them if it helps get the results.


Cue the "manual or your dumb" brigade.......

 

[jgs001]

Mainly M, then Av, then Tv and often with flash P, I haven't got my head around flash yet... If anyone else is using the camera, I set it to Av or P depending on the situation.

 

[seventythree]

forcing M upon myself until i've grasped a good understanding of photography. I've played with A and S a bit and i tend not to learn so much.

 

[Dangermouse]

Not using all the settings is a bit like living in a mansion and only using two rooms.The functions are there, so why not use them if it helps get the results.


Cue the "manual or your dumb" brigade.......

hence the wanting to try AP but knowing my luck it will be a selling shot with a sky blown out of the .....err sky

 

[HoppyUK]

Mainly in my head as I only shoot prop aircraft and know roughly what to use.
The nikon when pionting skyward tells me it needs a higher shutter than my usual 1/250 at f9 but I always get good results so only adjust slightly when its a dull or cloudy sky

It sounds like shutter speed is important, but f/number less so as (I'm guessing) depth of field isn't very important. In which case, you might try shutter priority.

However, if you are shooting aircraft against the sky, I would have thought spot metering with settings then locked on manual would be the most reliable.

Either way, aperture priority doesn't seem like the way forward.

 

[photon]

hence the wanting to try AP but knowing my luck it will be a selling shot with a sky blown out of the .....err sky

The shot's more likely to be underexposed.

 

[Steve Smith]

If you are pointing at the sky, any metering system will tend to underexpose as there is too much light for an 'average scene'.

In this situation, I would meter for a more normal scene then use those settings in manual.

If the light is not changing much then this would be fine.

Another option is to use one of the auto modes but have it over expose by 1.5 to 2 stops.

The problem with this is that if something happens on the ground and you photograph it without turning off the compensation, you will have an overexposed image. The manual setting would still be correct.


Steve.

 

[noneforit]

I use av mode as im still learning but will move to manual once ive got a bit more experience

 

[steve.82]

Normally M, very very occasionally A and S