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I never was fond of AE, it makes me lazy and dims my feeling of light. Greet way to shoot average-gray scenes though.
Aperture priority shooting and you
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FallisPhoto
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I prefer shooting in manual mode -- BUT -- when I don't, I prefer aperture priority.
Al Kaplan
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My manual mode is "shutter priority". I try to pick a shutter speed that allows changing the f/stop up or down within a range that'll cover the lighting variations at the location.
Larky
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I love Aperture Priority, always use it, always. Love it.
VinceC
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My first SLR was a Pentax ME with aperture priority in the '70s. It has always felt like a natural way of shooting. I've done the majority of my shooting the past two decades with all manual cameras, but with my digitals I do probably 98 percent of my shooting with aperture priority. It gives you control of both depth of field and amount of "freeze" in motion -- once you understand the relationship, you know that you're going wider to freeze motion while narrowing the depth of field, and a smaller aperture to do the opposite.
Every now and then a good knowledge of manual photography helps. I was up in snowy mountains last year and the automatic modes of my Nikon D40 were just tripping all over themselves. I set the camera to manual "sunny 22" for mountain snow, and everything was exposed perfectly (too much glare on the LCD to check until I found some shade indoors, where I saw the manual images were exposed perfectdly.)
Every now and then a good knowledge of manual photography helps. I was up in snowy mountains last year and the automatic modes of my Nikon D40 were just tripping all over themselves. I set the camera to manual "sunny 22" for mountain snow, and everything was exposed perfectly (too much glare on the LCD to check until I found some shade indoors, where I saw the manual images were exposed perfectdly.)
Trius
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On my OM-1 generally set the aperture and adjust shutter speed for correct exposure -- manual aperture preferred. I know the meter well enough to compensate for its quirks. With the OM-2, I split auto and manual abot 50-50.
With the 35SP, I pretty much use it like the OM-1
With the 35SP, I pretty much use it like the OM-1
Leighgion
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Far as I'm concerned, aperture priority is photography.
Advanced photography is aperture priority while paying attention to your shutter speed and using EV compensation as necessary to get the desired outcome.
Advanced photography is aperture priority while paying attention to your shutter speed and using EV compensation as necessary to get the desired outcome.
RioRico
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All settings are tools. If subjects or I are in motion, I need shutter priority. If DOF is vital, I need aperture priority. If light is tricky, I use full manual. If I just want to make sure I get a shot, I use auto. With some PNS digicams, I'll let them try to outsmart me. That's usually not too hard.
That said, I'm usually on some form of aperture priority, even with a totally manual VF folder -- there, instead of relying on the cam's programmed responses, it's my brain (conscious or otherwise) that's doing the prioritizing. With a manual lens on a smart cam, or less-than-perfect light with any cam, aperture always trumps.
That said, I'm usually on some form of aperture priority, even with a totally manual VF folder -- there, instead of relying on the cam's programmed responses, it's my brain (conscious or otherwise) that's doing the prioritizing. With a manual lens on a smart cam, or less-than-perfect light with any cam, aperture always trumps.
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