I think if manual is basically both put together, why should I bother with them?
2006-12-01 00:01:27 · 7 answers · asked by kaos4792005 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
A and S Priority modes are there to give you full control of one of the settings, while taking advantage of the camera's ability to automatically adjust to your choice and give you a good exposure. This can speed up things considerably light conditions are good and most of the pics in the shoot have similar requirements.
For example, in shooting a sporting event you may want a consistent minimum shutter speed. Set it under S mode, and the camera will take care the correct aperture as you shoot in different directions.
Of course, you can do it all yourself in M mode. But the setup takes longer, and you may miss some shots by being too late.
When there are special lighting or artistic considerations, M mode may be the only way to get what you want.
Good Luck
2006-12-01 06:53:13 · answer #1 · answered by fredshelp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Manual mode is, today, only for your intervention for special effects or difficult situations where automatic systems of camara cannot cope with. For example, extremely dark situations at night shots where you also want greater depth of field, and the exposure range of camara does not allow this. So you switch to Manual, take 'B' shutter setting, use an external light-meter, choose aperture and lock & release the cable-release according to calculated time, with help from the ext. light meter. Also to capture a moving subject, you prefer faster shutter speed and wider apurture while panning. In most common situations though, today's cameras perform beautifully in their automatic modes, and you can fine-tune them to your preferences too. All this means that if you leave technicalities to the camera, you click faster, catch fleeting moments, and concentrate on composition, beauty, art and content--which are the soul of the picture.
2006-12-01 02:00:43 · answer #2 · answered by tavker_elec_it 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the mode "program" or " Auto" combines both...manual is a choice for the ones knows the "business"... if I want to take a portrait then I choose a low aperture and the camera will choose the right shutter speed so I concentrate most on composition....to name just one example....
2006-12-01 01:51:05 · answer #3 · answered by ioan d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you are a beginner, and you don't have the hang of manual yet, the priority modes will be helpful in getting a good image. They do have drawbacks, though. Manual is better for creativity in depth of field, select focus, exposure, etc. Priority modes only allow for correct (or what the camera deems as correct) exposure most of the time.
2006-12-01 00:30:44 · answer #4 · answered by visionsofforever 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes you will know that you want a specific DOF or Shutter speed, but you won't care about the other one. A lot of times when I shoot, I know I want at least 200 iso and 1/1000 of second shutter but the apeture can be variable so I use shutter priority.
2006-12-03 02:20:33 · answer #5 · answered by ♫ giD∑■η ♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you know what you are doing then you need to use them to have better control of the image. Aperture will control depth of field. Which means what is going to be blurry behind the main subject. Shutter will control stopping motion. Which means if you are trying to shoot something that is moving if you want it stopped still or if you want it to streak.
2006-12-01 04:49:05 · answer #6 · answered by redbull_photo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well when you don't use manual the camera set up everything for you yeah it is easy, but when you use manual you can do all sorts of tricks that the camera won't do by itself, like showing depth of field, stopping motion, multiple exposure shots and so on
2006-12-04 19:43:36 · answer #7 · answered by micheleh29 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋