I am getting either a ricoh R7 or canon powershot A720
BOTH cameras have the option of manual white balance override, and manual focus, but the Canon also has "manual mode" e.g. -
• Auto
• Program AE
• Shutter Priority AE
• Aperture Priority AE
• Manual
• Custom
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Night Snapshot
• Kids & Pets
• Stitch Assist
• Movie
• Special Scene
the Ricoh has:
Still
• Continuous
• S-Continuous
• M-Continuous
• Scene Modes
• Portrait
• Face
• Sports
• Landscape
• Nightscape
• High Sensitivity
• Zoom Macro
• B&W
• Sepia
• Skew correction
• Text
• Movie
• My Setting 1+2
Do you think this means the Ricoh has less manual control? I can't work this out.
2007-12-25 11:30:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Between the two cameras, the Canon is the better one overall in terms of build and picture quality regardless of the controls available.
The Canon offers you creative control over your picture taking. To answer your question directly, the Ricoh has no manual controls and is directly marketed to people who simply want to point and shoot with their camera.
The Canon offers:
Full manual: Aperture/shutter speed/ISO are selectable individually by the user.
Aperture Priority AE: The aperture, the hole in the lens that controls how much light comes through, is selected by the user and the camera selects the shutter speed for the correct exposure.
Shutter Priority AE: The shutter speed is chosen by the user and the camera chooses the aperture for the correct exposure.
Each of these controls is used by experienced photographers to get the image they want and effect the image differently. You can look up how they are used on the web.
What you will be able to do with the Canon that you will not be able to do with the Ricoh is progress as a photographer if you want to. You will see images that you like and wish you could do something similar, but you won't be able to do it with the Ricoh. With the Ricoh, you get to choose what you point the camera at, after that, your out of the 'picture', so to speak.
AC
2007-12-25 12:40:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Photography is basically limited to a few controls - aperture size, shutter speed and medium sensitivity (ISO). You choose all those settings in Manual Mode. With cameras without a Manual mode, the camera makes all the decisions.
2016-04-11 00:21:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the Ricoh, but any camera with 'Manual Mode' available enables the user to overide the other modes - Aperture, Shutter, Auto, and Program - and meter read, and set the exposure functions of the camera manually.
2007-12-25 12:52:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Canon A720 Manual
2016-12-12 16:12:24 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Manual mode means everything is up to you, the photographer. You can adjust the aperture for more shallow depth of field, and manually compensate with a higher shutter speed. Or vice versa. In short, it's manual, not automated; Auto mode.
The Richoh does not have a true manual mode listed, so you'll have to depend on the camera to accurately decide the shooting situation for you.
2007-12-25 11:43:09 · answer #5 · answered by electrosmack1 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Manual mode normally means the operator decides what shutter speed and aperature opening will be used instead of letting the camera decide one or the other.
2007-12-25 11:38:41 · answer #6 · answered by bikinkawboy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2017-03-02 02:08:02 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋