Originally posted by cardinal43 I am still learning the basics and most times, I don't have a clue what is happening. I put the camera on Av and left it there, and I like most of the pics I took. I probably should have shot some in Tv, but my understanding is this is more for sports, rather than landscapes. I need to learn when to use P, M, Av, Tv, etc. From just about everything I have read, I need to basically disregard auto, P, and scenes, and better learn how to "really use the camera."
Thank you for understanding Cardinal... It is kind of overwelming at first... all the different settings you have at your fingertips... Next time I take my camera out (probably next weekend) I will venture into the AV setting and see what happens..
I have also just been wanting to sit back and set up something on a table and the tripod and click away, changing the setting each time to see if I can see any differences with them.. If I do I will let you know what I find out!!
Originally posted by mattdm It isn't really the mode you shoot in that matters but the resulting balance of ISO, shutter speed, and aperture for the exposure you want. The various modes are just different ways of presenting control over that to you.That's all there is to it.
Mattdm... thank you very much for this explanation.. It really helps more than you know!!!!!
Originally posted by cardinal43 I didn't care at all about the speed, because every shot was a landscape, except for a couple of portraits of the lovely woman that puts up with my foolishness. And yes, I am talking about my wife.
What would we do without thos lovely people that put up with our foolnishness.. my bf is great.. I tell him I need to go play with my camera and he goes and grabs his keys and ask where we want to go!!!!
Originally posted by cardinal43 I am ever so slowly trying to work myself to the "M" phase, but it seems to be (sometimes) rather complicated. But, I'm having fun learning.
I too am having fun.. but it is a scary step to put that switch on M mode.... Makes me nervouse just thinkin about it!!!!
Originally posted by mattdm beyond just being useless to the experienced photographer, they're also useless as learning tools for the novice. It's like invisible training wheels which never come off.
I wouldn't be that hard on the settings Mattdm. They do have benefit. They have ease... For my pics for example, it gave me an idea of what kind of pictures I could take. These settings also allow my son the ease of using my camera without having to worry about to much and still have fun. so the settings are not a bad thing, extras that come in handy at times....