What is your shooting mode?

deadwolfbones · 06-18-2009, 07:56 AM

Av and RAW here also.

glanglois · 06-18-2009, 08:33 AM

When I was new to the K10, my first DLSR, it was 85% P when I only wanted to think about composition and 15% M when I wanted to think a lot. Maybe a bit less M.

Now that I've been at it a bit, it's more like 40% P, 40% Av (when I have the time or interest think about the aperture), and 20% M.

It will probably change again by the end of summer ....

eyou · 06-18-2009, 10:42 AM

when i first started it was almost 100% Av RAW+JPEG

Now it's 99% Manual 1% Av
100% RAW.

I am starting to do some more Av again tho, now that I have an idea of whats going on. I think the sensor gets fooled too much when there is too much range in exposure.

Mann · 06-18-2009, 11:00 AM

For walking around, Av mostly, unless the condition calls for TAv or M. I never liked Tv.

attack11 · 06-18-2009, 11:04 AM

after a few years i've settled on p (mtf) with av on my rear e-dial, tv on my front e-dial. i shoot raw with nr off.

AM2 · 06-18-2009, 11:15 AM

Av, Manual - 97% RAW, 3% JPG where RAW makes no sense (events that need images just to post on the web or they won't print bigger than 4x6 in).

tarsus · 06-18-2009, 11:28 AM

P mode, raw+jpeg

Red · 06-18-2009, 11:49 AM

Mostly AV and RAW

emr · 06-18-2009, 12:00 PM

Av - raw - center focus & recompose.

JAZZer · 06-18-2009, 12:46 PM

Av in 95% and M in 5%
(Raw & jpg)

GoldenWreckedAngle · 06-18-2009, 01:21 PM

M most of the time with a close eye on my meter and a liberal use of the green button and spot meter.

I set the menu option for the green button to either favor shutter or aperature priority, depending on what I'm shooting. That makes it effectively an on demand Av or TV mode. I center the spot on the part of the scene I want to be correctly exposed, hit the green button, then dial my preferences from there. Repeat as necessary when the light changes.

I favor manual because once I set it nothing changes unless I tell it to. If I didn't have the green button I would probably shoot Av or Tv though. I love that little proprietary Pentax jewel of a feature!

F-Stop · 06-18-2009, 02:06 PM

100% M, I haven't bothered or trusted my K100 enough to use anything else. Considering the K1000 was my first camera I guess that's why.

The fact I had a bad resistor for over a year of use perhaps kept me from trying the other modes. I'm still figuring out the little details but so far it's 100% of my brain minus the exposure/light meter and trial and error.

Marc Sabatella · 06-18-2009, 02:09 PM

M 99.99% of the time, Av mode for maybe a few shots a year. Always RAW. And as another poster said, whether you let the camera PP your image for you by shooting JPEG or you do it yourself in a RAW processing program, it's still PP.

AM|Photography · 06-18-2009, 02:42 PM

AV mostly. Still getting use to the RAW side of things

cloudswimmer · 06-18-2009, 07:59 PM

Manual everything.All those other doo hickys just confuse me

06-18-2009, 08:33 AM	#17
glanglois Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Madison, Wis., USA Posts: 1,506	It's changed When I was new to the K10, my first DLSR, it was 85% P when I only wanted to think about composition and 15% M when I wanted to think a lot. Maybe a bit less M. Now that I've been at it a bit, it's more like 40% P, 40% Av (when I have the time or interest think about the aperture), and 20% M. It will probably change again by the end of summer ....

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06-18-2009, 07:56 AM	#16
deadwolfbones Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: La Crescenta, CA Posts: 7,450	Av and RAW here also.

06-18-2009, 10:42 AM	#18
eyou Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 224	when i first started it was almost 100% Av RAW+JPEG Now it's 99% Manual 1% Av 100% RAW. I am starting to do some more Av again tho, now that I have an idea of whats going on. I think the sensor gets fooled too much when there is too much range in exposure.

06-18-2009, 11:00 AM	#19
Mann Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 124	For walking around, Av mostly, unless the condition calls for TAv or M. I never liked Tv.

06-18-2009, 11:04 AM	#20
attack11 Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa, ON - Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 658	after a few years i've settled on p (mtf) with av on my rear e-dial, tv on my front e-dial. i shoot raw with nr off.

06-18-2009, 11:15 AM	#21
AM2 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 87	Av, Manual - 97% RAW, 3% JPG where RAW makes no sense (events that need images just to post on the web or they won't print bigger than 4x6 in).

06-18-2009, 11:28 AM	#22
tarsus Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mount Shasta Posts: 185	P mode, raw+jpeg

06-18-2009, 11:49 AM	#23
Red Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Suwanee, GA USA Posts: 153	Mostly AV and RAW

06-18-2009, 12:00 PM	#24
emr Guest	Av - raw - center focus & recompose.

06-18-2009, 12:46 PM	#25
JAZZer Inactive Account Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Zagreb, Croatia Posts: 39	Av in 95% and M in 5% (Raw & jpg)

06-18-2009, 01:21 PM	#26
GoldenWreckedAngle Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Abilene, TX Posts: 339	M most of the time with a close eye on my meter and a liberal use of the green button and spot meter. I set the menu option for the green button to either favor shutter or aperature priority, depending on what I'm shooting. That makes it effectively an on demand Av or TV mode. I center the spot on the part of the scene I want to be correctly exposed, hit the green button, then dial my preferences from there. Repeat as necessary when the light changes. I favor manual because once I set it nothing changes unless I tell it to. If I didn't have the green button I would probably shoot Av or Tv though. I love that little proprietary Pentax jewel of a feature!

06-18-2009, 02:06 PM	#27
F-Stop Veteran Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Paradise, Newfoundland, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 303	100% M, I haven't bothered or trusted my K100 enough to use anything else. Considering the K1000 was my first camera I guess that's why. The fact I had a bad resistor for over a year of use perhaps kept me from trying the other modes. I'm still figuring out the little details but so far it's 100% of my brain minus the exposure/light meter and trial and error.

06-18-2009, 02:09 PM	#28
Marc Sabatella Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denver, CO Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,685	M 99.99% of the time, Av mode for maybe a few shots a year. Always RAW. And as another poster said, whether you let the camera PP your image for you by shooting JPEG or you do it yourself in a RAW processing program, it's still PP.

06-18-2009, 02:42 PM	#29
AM\|Photography Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Photos: Gallery Posts: 41	AV mostly. Still getting use to the RAW side of things

06-18-2009, 07:59 PM	#30
cloudswimmer Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: So.Cal. Photos: Gallery Posts: 89	Manual everything.All those other doo hickys just confuse me