2007-11-13 04:24:43 · 4 answers · asked by J-MaN 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Hey !! I had a Minolta SRT 201. Minolta is no more eh ? Konica bought em' then Sony bought the whole shebang...bummer
2007-11-13 05:38:50 · update #1
My self, I'm in M most of the time, metering about 50/50 centerweighted/spot. My subjects are typically stationary and I'm stopped down- way down.
2007-11-13 05:43:24 · update #2
Most of the time, manual with assistance from the match needle.
The autoexposure mode I use depends on what I want to do. If I want shallow depth of field, I go into shutter priority mode and set the highest shutter speed I have available. If I want deep depth of field and am handholding, I set the slowest shutter speed which I can safely handhold.
If I want to stop action, I use aperture priority mode and set the largest aperture, giving the highest possible shutter speed If I want to blur something or get a low shutter speed, I use aperture priority and set the smallest aperture.
Most of the time, I use partial metering, sometimes called the "fat spot" meter. This is a meter which averages over the center 12% of the frame.
2007-11-13 09:57:30 · answer #1 · answered by Ben H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I, too, am a devotee of DOF so like fhotoace I stay in Aperture Preferred Mode. Most times the center-weighted averaging meter in my camera does just fine BUT - I know when to use the EV settings when faced with difficult lighting. I use a Minolta Spot Meter M with my antique Minolta Autocord TLR.
2007-11-13 05:13:32 · answer #2 · answered by EDWIN 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aperture priority... almost exclusively.
Why?
If I need fasted shutter speed I open it up all the way, I don't have to fidget with the shutter priority that will give me crappy exposures if I set it too close the the edge of the aperture range.
When I need DOF, obviously, aperture is what matters.
When I need to get rid of vignetting and want higher quality I stop down a stop or two.
If I want a slow exposure, I set the aperture into the range I want.
Metering... 80% matrix 10% center weighted 10% spot.
2007-11-13 07:45:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont need speed so i always use manual, i set the apeture first - unless it change of light or night then i tend to set tthe shutter speed first
i never use auto anything i like to have the control and like to think im smarter than a camera
i do a hand reading and set my exposure one stop over based on my palm - mid grey +a stop
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2007-11-13 11:58:19 · answer #4 · answered by Antoni 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋