I am interested in what camera settings other members use in automatic. I normally set the ISO and aperture, then shoot in aperture priority mode, letting the camera set the shutter speed. I will often override that choice with the exposure +/- button.
Second most often, I use shutter priority and let the camera choose the aperture. That's mostly when I am trying to freeze action with a high shutter speed or doing some sort of special effect with a long exposure.
Today, I experimented with setting the ISO to auto and choosing aperture and shutter speed manually.
Of course, there are times when I do everything manually, but usually I let the camera have one pick. I'm just interested. What do other 365-ers do most of the time?
I am mostly 100% manual. I never did learn how to use Aperture or Shutter Priority. I find that I can almost 'guess' what settings I need and set them before I start shooting.
I use shutter priority (or "P" mode) if I am just taking pictures of something still, but I use a sports mode for a lot of my wildlife. Of course I am not a professional photographer and am not comfortable in manual mode yet. As soon as my class starts up again (closed for Covid) then I hope to learn more! :D
I use aperture priority almost all the time and my lens (I only have one LOL) is sometimes on manual focus, other times on autofocus. For the sheer joy of it, I sometimes use the automatic sports setting, which refocuses really fast and takes much speedier repeat shutter clicks. This is fantastic when trying to capture birds in flight for example, not just for sports events.
If I am using full manual - rare because I find it so clunky and complicated using all the menus, though it was all I ever used on my old film OM10 - I will often take one shot for comparison on an auto setting too. Sometimes the camera does have the edge on sharpness over my eye!
I have the camera on aperture priority with auto ISO selection and that is probably good enough 7 times out of ten. If I want to force the speed down I mostly change the ISO selection manually rather than going to shutter priority. I probably only use manual for long exposures. I use exposure compensation quite a lot because it is so easy with an electronic viewfinder.
I'm usually manual. The main exception is when I want to try and catch some sort of action, and don't want to be mucking around with settings. Many of my recent bird photos are shot that way. In that case, I'm aperture priority, wide open f-stop, and pretty high ISO. Goal is fastest shutter speed possible, with reasonable exposure.
Sometimes I'll have my camera on the seat when I'm driving, in case I see something I want to pull over and shoot quickly. In that case I'll tend still use aperture priority, but with more "typical" start point. Select an aperture that gives me a good hand-held shutter speed, and let the AUTO fine tune. But That's actually pretty rare for me.
i dont usually like what the camera does on full auto (feels too bright) so i use P mode most of the time, with exposure compensation, i can pick up the camera and just shoot straight away dont have to think about it. . next most used is Av mode, if i want to use wide aperture or small aperture for a particular reason. i only tend to use M manual mode if i want to do night shots with bulb mode or something. the sports mode is great for children who are always on the move.
I am a big fan of Auto ISO. I've been using it for about 15 years. I almost always have it on unless I'm in a situation where I can't rely on the camera's meter. (Studio lights / painting with light / UV ).
I usually shoot in aperture priority, since the main thing I usually want to control is my depth of field, then I set my minimum acceptable shutter speed in the Auto ISO settings. This way I always get the lowest possible ISO to give me the depth of field I want without camera shake. With this setup, I waste very little time setting up the shot before I can take the photo.
If I’m hand holding shots in really low light, I use manual mode with auto ISO on, and try slower shutter speeds with wide open aperture try to get a shot with no camera shake, and a lower ISO.
I use aperture mainly with +- exposure comp and manually adjust ISO unless it's something moving then generally I would use shutter priority. Night photography or long exposures is always manual. I spent 2 years just using manual until I realised you miss a lot of shots trying to work out your exposure where you should instead be concentrate on composition etc.
Aperture priority for me most of the time. Depth of field is a big deal for me. I was normally an ISO 100 if at all possible kind of guy as noise was more than I could bear. But the quality of the new sensors has won me over to allow auto-ISO more and more. ISO settings up to 12,800 are often amazingly devoid of noise with my new A7 RIV....and if they are noisy, then it's Topaz Noise Adjust AI to the rescue!
Generally I set the ISO to auto and set the aperture and shutter speed manually. I have Fujifilm cameras and generally set film simulation to Monochrome +R Filter. For the occasional colour photo it depends very much on the subject. As far as ISO is concerned I never worry about it, even if it gets very high Fujifilm copes with it very well and I like grain anyway especially in indoor monochrome subjects.
I'm 100% manual, but if it helps in any way my ISO is at 200 99% of the time and I work from there with the other settings. As others have said I can usually tell roughly where I need to be with the settings depending on what type of image I'm aiming for.
I usually shoot in manual now, but it if's a once in a lifetime opportunity and I don't want to miss my one chance, I'll switch the camera to fully automatic. That way I know I'll get at least one shot.
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If I am using full manual - rare because I find it so clunky and complicated using all the menus, though it was all I ever used on my old film OM10 - I will often take one shot for comparison on an auto setting too. Sometimes the camera does have the edge on sharpness over my eye!
Sometimes I'll have my camera on the seat when I'm driving, in case I see something I want to pull over and shoot quickly. In that case I'll tend still use aperture priority, but with more "typical" start point. Select an aperture that gives me a good hand-held shutter speed, and let the AUTO fine tune. But That's actually pretty rare for me.
I usually shoot in aperture priority, since the main thing I usually want to control is my depth of field, then I set my minimum acceptable shutter speed in the Auto ISO settings. This way I always get the lowest possible ISO to give me the depth of field I want without camera shake. With this setup, I waste very little time setting up the shot before I can take the photo.
If I’m hand holding shots in really low light, I use manual mode with auto ISO on, and try slower shutter speeds with wide open aperture try to get a shot with no camera shake, and a lower ISO.