When do you use the <p> mode?

Jayst84 said:
Spot. Manual. Half a stop, two thirds of a stop?

Get out the studio, and on the street. :P
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30 yrs on the 'street' before getting a studio m8 - you can't do that in less than 1/2 sec - period - 2 secs though, more like it - adjust thereafter in 1/2 sec probably - use spot on Weddings though :cuckoo:

Adjusting thereafter is different to starting the ball rolling though

That said - my challenge stands - pay for me a couple of months in Aussie land as a test and I'm sure we'll come to a result :D

DD
 
You can tell by the posts on here who as ever owned a manual only camera. With my old Bronny you posed,metered,framed and then pressed the button with every shot.

What is P for? ...... Parking, P.ss.d, Panic, Pratt to name a few.
 
DiddyDave said:
30 yrs on the 'street' before getting a studio m8 - you can't do that in less than 1/2 sec - period - 2 secs though, more like it - adjust thereafter in 1/2 sec probably - use spot on Weddings though :cuckoo:

Adjusting thereafter is different to starting the ball rolling though

That said - my challenge stands - pay for me a couple of months in Aussie land as a test and I'm sure we'll come to a result :D

DD
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You challenged me, pay for my flights back home :p

I know you're not 'just' studio, just a cheap joke mate.

Dunno where weddings came into it, but on the one I shot, I used spot all the way.

And I'm pretty confident if I'm outside I can 'start the ball rolling' within half a stop by looking at the sky / pavement. Two years on the street for the win / draw / loss / wander off to bed.
 
Jayst84 said:
You challenged me, pay for my flights back home :p

I know you're not 'just' studio, just a cheap joke mate.

Dunno where weddings came into it, but on the one I shot, I used spot all the way.

And I'm pretty confident if I'm outside I can 'start the ball rolling' within half a stop by looking at the sky / pavement. Two years on the street for the win / draw / loss / wander off to bed.
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Joking???

Me too m8 - just taking the..... 'P' - ahem :coat:

:D

DD
 
Jayst84 said:
Beat me to it :D I'll blame the end of term beers.
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OMG don't tell me the '84' is your birth year ??? :shake:

I'd already been at Uni 2 years by then :lol:

Worse still, I'm a Yorkie and your profile says you're a Red Rose by birth :eek:

Could it get any worse !!!

:lol:

Hmmm - I assume it's close to your winter now? Well I've a few beers under my belt already and am off out for a BBQ soon :thumbs:

Have fun & prosper darn-under my friend :)

DD
 
DiddyDave said:
OMG don't tell me the '84' is your birth year ??? :shake:

I'd already been at Uni 2 years by then :lol:

Worse still, I'm a Yorkie and your profile says you're a Red Rose by birth :eek:

Could it get any worse !!!

:lol:

Hmmm - I assume it's close to your winter now? Well I've a few beers under my belt already and am off out for a BBQ soon :thumbs:

Have fun & prosper darn-under my friend :)

DD
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HAHA! Sorry Dave, but I was borne forth from my mother into the glorious year of 1984. Bring any of that white rose my way and you're looking for trouble :p

It is knocking on winter, was a chilly 21 degrees today, brrrrrrr. ;)

Put another shrimp on for me.
 
I traditionally used Manual on my 350D, but since getting the 1d, I'm beginning to appreciate and experiment with the other settings.

I've started to use TV and AV more, but as yet, haven't field tested P mode.
I'm planning to try it soon and if I find it useful, I'll certainly use it!

I have to admit to previously being a bit of a Fully manual/RAW snob, but have even started shooting JPEG for action stuff in good light, so there's certainly no 'shame' in using these settings...I wouldn't imagine they would offer them on a 1 series body if there was!
 
I don't get the thinking behind only shooting in manual mode. Do you manual-only folk also manual focus your AF lenses?

When I am shooting a manual only body, I use manual mode. If my body offers some automation, I might as well make use of it. It doesn't make my photography "better" necessarily, but it does make it easier/faster. I personally draw the line at Aperture priority, but power to the P users.
 
mustanir said:
I don't get the thinking behind only shooting in manual mode. Do you manual-only folk also manual focus your AF lenses?
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Some of us don't have the choice. Most of my cameras are manual focus, no built in lightmeters, etc.

It's not a problem and most of the time with manual focus, you can focus it where you want to focus, not where the camera thinks you want it to.


Steve.
 
Steve Smith said:
Some of us don't have the choice. Most of my cameras are manual focus, no built in lightmeters, etc.

It's not a problem and most of the time with manual focus, you can focus it where you want to focus, not where the camera thinks you want it to.


Steve.
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Oh, I am aware that some of us don't have the choice. On some of my cameras, I don't either. But there are enough people who DO have a choice that still don't.

When I have a light meter, I use it. When I don't have one, I work without it. To work without a very good meter when I do have one? I wouldn't have paid for that feature then.
 
I used to use P when I used flash, now I understand a bit more about how the ETTL system works in different modes I tend to use Av + flash when necessary.

I use P less and less these days.

Another trick I have picked up with my 40D is to program one of the custom settings to a general flash setting of M mode; 1/125 sec; f9.0; ISO 400. Works pretty well when flash is in ETTL.
 
AV mode allows you to set the aperture (F8) and the camera sets the shutter...
TV mode allows you to set the shutter (1/320) and the camera sets the aperture...
P mode (Program autoexposure), the camera chooses the shutter speed and aperture combinations. You can toggle either the aperture or shutter speed and the camera will compensate to maintain the same exposure value. Designed ready for quick and easy shooting while retaining some control over camera settings. You can change ISO settings to get the desired combinations....

Peter
 
Thanks to this thread I've only just found out that my camera has a P mode...
 
I don't use P and can only speak for my camer a, bu tP mode is like a combination of Aperture and Shutter priority modes. If I turn one control wheel the aperture changes and the shutter speed changes to compensate just like aperture priority. If I turn the other control wheel, the shutter speed changes and the aperture changes to compensate, just like shutter speed priority.

Whilst in P mode, I can change the ISO as I see fit or set it to auto, same with white balance and I can add in exposure compensation. So not really any more auto that A or P modes and nothing to do with how well the user knows their camera IMHO.
 
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