What mode do you use most?

Which exposure shooting mode do you use most?

  • Auto

    Votes: 8 3.7%

  • Program

    Votes: 7 3.2%

  • Aperture Priority

    Votes: 131 60.1%

  • Shutter Priority

    Votes: 13 6.0%

  • Manual

    Votes: 57 26.1%

  • Basic zone modes (Portrait, Landscape, etc)

    Votes: 2 0.9%

  • Other

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    218
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Just interested to see what results this throws up...
 
A and M, probably roughly 30:70 % of the time...depends what I'm doing.
 
program, plus auto iso when required to give a minimum shutter speed. Mainly action photography - normally horses show jumping
 
S & M Oh wrong forum I mean M & S Dam I mean Asda. I should stop drinking.:D
 
20D, Aperture priority or Manual.
GF1, same again.
LX2, Programme.
 
Just Manual for me
 
Manual ,,because thats all me cameras got
 
Mainly Manual as i shoot mostly macro, amd mostly Aperture priority for other shots.
 
I used to be lazy and use P, but now use A most of the time. A mate of mine who has a 300D always uses the basic modes. I am trying to persuade him that is not the best way to go, however, but time will tell on that one.
 
Interesting, after just over 100 votes, how few use TV/S or P as their most utilised mode; I'd been under the impression that P was the best of both worlds and the way to go... well fancy that! :thinking:
 
Manual for almost everything.
 
Av mostly but recently I've been getting lazy and using P when I'm out walking the hounds.
 
Mine was A only but then have learnt that M gives me reliable results, so am using that a lot now when I have time to set up my shot, however being very keen on wildlife sujects A is the one the ability to control the DOF is important

Steve
 
steve001 said:
Mine was A only but then have learnt that M gives me reliable results, so am using that a lot now when I have time to set up my shot, however being very keen on wildlife sujects A is the one the ability to control the DOF is important

Steve
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I never get when people say aperture priority is best when depth of field is important (when isn't it for a start?) even to the point of choosing it over their 'normal' manual shooting mode.

Do you not consider depth of field when shooting on manual?

Each to their own though. :)
 
Jayst84 said:
I never get when people say aperture priority is best when depth of field is important (when isn't it for a start?) even to the point of choosing it over their 'normal' manual shooting mode.

Do you not consider depth of field when shooting on manual?

Each to their own though. :)
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I agree. I use aperture priority for my wildlife stuff precisely so I can get a decent depth of field. For most other stuff, I use program mode.
 
"I never get when people say aperture priority is best when depth of field is important (when isn't it for a start?) even to the point of choosing it over their 'normal' manual shooting mode."

Speed.

For me Aperture is faster to set up than Manual because (obviously) in Aperture mode all I have to set is the aperture but in Manual mode to get a perfect exposure I have to potentially set the aperture and the shutter speed.
 
Shutter Priority so that I can control movement, ie. freeze action or induce motion blur.
 
Aperture Priority because I'm lazy. Depends what I'm shooting though, and what time of night it is.
 
I'm an AV hog!!! :D
 
Mainly M but Av and Tv sometimes. But I do everything far too quickly these days with digital and make loads of mistakes.
 
Manual most of the time, but if I need to do something quickly Av or Tv depending on the situation.
 
Jayst84 said:
I never get when people say aperture priority is best when depth of field is important (when isn't it for a start?) even to the point of choosing it over their 'normal' manual shooting mode.

Do you not consider depth of field when shooting on manual?

Each to their own though. :)
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I do think that people who swear by manual are feeling kind of smug that they are controlling the camera. However in reality using AV only lets the camera pick the shutter speed to suit a scene (and you can adjust that by using exposure compensation beforehand).

With using Manual, you are picking the aperture as AV, but then using the internal meter to select an exposure. Not really any different to using AV.

I find that with moving subjects, the manual exposure moves about so much that I lose track of what is correct exposure. If the camera adjusts for the scene I'm pointing at, I can decide beforehand if I need to interfere with it's likely selection.

Manual is nice if you have plenty of time to consider, but again, it's easier to bang off a couple or three and pic the best.

Graham
 
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