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SHUTTER SETTINGS HOW TO MANAGE THE SHUTTER SPEED AND APERTURE SETTINGS FOR DAY TO DAY PICTURES.MINE IS A FILM BASED CAMERA. MY CAMERA HAS THE OPTION OF SETTING BOTH OF THEM SIMULTANOUSLYAND ALSO EACH OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY.WHAT ARE THE DEFAULT SETTINGS THAT I CAN USE FOR TAKING PICTURES OF NATURE, PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
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Justin G. |
The most common setting that I use is Av. This is called aperture priority, which is where you set the aperture and the camera automatically meters the correct exposure time. Aperture is the setting on a camera that controls the amount of light that enters the camera. Good luck. .justin.
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Andrew Laverghetta |
Plus, there NO default setting. Don't use some "catch all" setting because when you do that, you're pretty much using a disposable camera. Like Justin said, use Manual/M when you are using a seperate meter or wish to make a custom setting, use Shutter/S when you know about what shutter speed you want to use, and Aperture/A when you know about what aperture you want to use. The different shutter speeds and aperture sizes can change the feeling of a picture, they don't JUST control exposure but other things too like stopping or blurring motion and depth of field or sharpness.
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John P. Sandstedt |
I think both Justin and Andrew are wrong. If you're just out to take pictures on a day to day basis, you're not trying to create winners. That's fine - what you'll get are snapshots that will be memories of your sojourns. If you shoot in aperture priority mode, you'll always be worrying about whether the camera has the ability to shoot at lower shutter speeds in bright sunlight or whether, in a dark place, whether you can hand-hold your camera steady enough for a sharp picture. If you shoot in shutter priority you'll worry about whether the lens is fast enough for your specific conditions - especially indoors. Shoot in Program Mode. Let the camera do the work. Concentrate on composition. Only when you want to be concerned with creativity beyond a snapshot should you use the othe exposure priority modes!
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Terry R. Hatfield |
I Shoot In Aperture Priorty Mainly,And Never In P Mode! The Camera Doesnt Know What You Want You Have To Tell It:-)If Its Worth Making An Image It Should Be Done Right Or Not At All!Images Should All Be Considered Winners Before And While Your Making Them:-)
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John P. Sandstedt |
Oh Tery - so wrong. Whenever I shoot, I'm trying for a winner. So, I remain conscious of all my available controls. But, when I'm out "for the fun of it," who cares - and so, let the camera do the work. In fact, and you can check this out in a lot of places, most pictures [like probably 85-90 percent] are shot at 1/125 sec. at f/5.6 through f/11. And, this includes the shots we marvel at in National G and other great magazines. Please don't pontificate at a pontificator. But, since I've been at it [photography] for more than 50 years . . .
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Terry R. Hatfield |
Thats Bunk John And You Know It!LOL!! Fun Is One Thing But Making The Image Corectly Is Another!Have A Great Day:-)
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John P. Sandstedt |
Terry - Are you suggesting that use of Program Mode isn't "taking a picture correctly?" Wow, Old Man Nikon and Old Man Canon might just role over in their graves!
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Kerry L. Walker |
I can see both sides of this one. For snapshooters, P mode is fine. I never use it on any of my cameras (my Olympus doesn't even have it) but I am always looking for a winner - even if I am the only judge.
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John P. Sandstedt |
Thanks, Kerry.
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Kerry L. Walker |
Viewed from a different perspective, the P mode is a great inovation in photography, just like autofocus. They have made an SLR a tool that anyone, even a snapshooter, can use, which has spread the R&D costs for SLRs over a wider range, making the cost (in constant dollars) of a camera much less than they were 30 years ago.
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Andrew Laverghetta |
I don't believe I was wrong at all. It doesn't seem as though he has a P/Program mode on his computer. It only seems like M, S, and A. "MY CAMERA HAS THE OPTION OF SETTING BOTH OF THEM SIMULTANOUSLY" Maybe I was incorrect on assuming that this is manual mode because it doesn't include "automatic" in the description and that it's talking about 'setting' them. Not 'having' them set (automatically). I also don't totally agree with the part about shooting on aperture priority mode and having to worry about the camera being able to shoot at lower shutter speeds. Are you saying lower as in longer or faster speeds, since you mentioned bright sunlight? When I read 'lower' I thought something closer to 1 second or around there until I read about bright sunlight later in the sentance. Anyway, since it doesn't seem to me like the camera has P mode, you would have to use something else. If something says that the exposure will not work because of the limitations of the camera (like a blinking shutter speed or something) then you could turn a dial and move to a smaller or larger aperture. Oh, I just read again and was thinking as well. If I'm in a dark place using aperture priotity mode set at f/1.8-5.6 depending on which lens I'm using if the shutter speed is too low and would blur I couldn't really get the picture anyway, could I? Unless I did something like lean against something or balance the camera on something. I think you should at least put some amount of thinking into making even snapshots, mostly those in a dark environment. Even if that thinking is just devising your own monopod or tripod substitute. The main thing that I'm getting at is that it didn't seem like the camera has an automatic P mode by the description so it is impossible to take pictures with this camera without doing a little bit of thinging weather it's setting that 1/125 sec or f/5.6 and letting it go from there, hoping something doesn't blink. John's comments are always great but I just can't let the "wrong" comment out of my mind.
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John P. Sandstedt |
Andrew- If you're out in bright sunlight and set on aperture priority say at f/5.6. since, in this case, we just out to take snapshots, maybe your [or Jaspreet attention wanders. While you or he could close doen the lens, you forget. Now the camera takes over and will set a shorter shutter speed to the limit of its range. With my EOs, it goes to 1/8000th sec [maybe it's 1/4000th.] It'e possible, however, that some cameras might only have 1/1000th [like my Minolta SRT 201 and under these conditions, perhaps, you won't get the correct exposure. Obviously, it works the other way - you set shutter priority for 1/250th and the camera wants, say f/2. with my Tamron lens, with the widest opening being f/3.8, the camera will not let me take a picture. By using Program [if you have it] the camera will select a combination of aperture and shutter speed. Since you haveing fun on this "field trip," why not let the camera do the work? My suggestion - "wrong" really reflects the fact that Jaspreet indicated snapshots, not necessarily within the frame work of blurr or selctive focus. So, what's wrong with using the point and shoot capabilities of the Program Mode?
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shannon casey |
I'm all with John. Especially if you only have one camera, why not leave it the mode that gives you the best chance of capturing a precious, fleeting image? It can take years to master all the variables that go into even a basic SLR. Why not keep that camers handy and ready to go in it's autopilot mode, so that no good opportunities are missed?
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Bob Cammarata |
I remember reading once that: "Your automatic camera has no idea what you are trying to accomplish,..it can only react to what it sees." (Food for thought.) To respond to Jaspreet's inquiry:
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Andrew Laverghetta |
That works. I understand what is being said. I just figured that if you were using it without any change of settings at all, even when entering and leaving different extreme lighting situations you would want to change to at least f/5.6 for darker situations and then when it gets lighter, maybe f/8 or something smaller. My 35mm EOS has a top speed of 1/2000 so I understand that part as well. I think some of the AE-1 gen cameras have a slower speed of around 2 seconds as opposed to maybe 30 seconds like new cameras have. I'm sorry that I say more than I probably should, I just want to make sure I haven't forgotten anything. I just figured that if you are closed down for outdoor shooting, you would want to make sure and be aware that you couldn't get away with using that same closed down aperture while indoors. I do believe that P is great but in this case, it doesn't seem like it's on this camera. I use P a bit on my camera as well when I take snapshots at the day camp where I work. I may have lept into my first response too early when talking about blurring and selective focusing and not noticing about day to day shooting. I think that the camera should be left in the easiest mode to shoot but I also believe that you will need to change the aperture value when you are in lighter and darker situations so you don't reach the limitations of the camera as described by John. Just changing to keep up enough with the changing situations. Jaspreet, what model camera do you have?
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