Stating the obvious? (It was a while before I ever knew the pedantic meaning of the abbreviations)
Av = Aperture value
Tv = Time value
Sv = Sensitivity value
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Aperture priority (Av)
Manual
Program
Shutter Priority (Tv)
Scene modes/auto
Stating the obvious? (It was a while before I ever knew the pedantic meaning of the abbreviations
Av = Aperture value
Tv = Time value
Sv = Sensitivity value
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Interesting; v e r y interesting; that so may are using manual; good to hear; so do I so I have control. Certainly if things are getting a bit fast or may not last I will use AE or even programme.
Who uses manual focus? I do; but only when all else fails
It will be interesting to see the final results of the poll.
Cheers
That in itself is an interesting question.Originally Posted by IanB
I use autofocus most of the time as the old eyes are pretty shot, but I do use manual focus with live view (and my glasses) for macro work.
Osprey Photography
Canon: 5D Mk II, 40D, 10D all gripped, 10-22 f3.5-4.5, 17-40 f4L, 24-70 f2.8L, 24-105 f4L IS, 70-200 f2.8L IS, 100-400 f4.5-5.6L IS, 50 f1.4, 100 f2.8 Macro and other assorted accessories.
Some stalk, some chase and some pursue... but I hunt.
I usually use Manual and try to stick with the sunny 16 rule as much as possible
My kit is a Pentax K100D Super with a Sigma 18 to 1twenty-five mm eff 3point5 to eff 5point6 and Sigma 1hundred to 3hundred eff 4point5 to eff 6point7 lens, manfrotto tripod and a canon powershot G10, I also have an EEE PC 701 with a 16 GB SDHC card and a 4tee jigabyte external hard disk.
I mainly use AV. Gotta practice alot more on the other modes.
Cheers Debra
Canon 50D l G11 l Sigma 17-70 l Sigma 70-200 l Sigma 10-20 l Canon 50mm 1.8 ll l
Canon 60mm macro l Canon 100mm Macro lS l Canon 17- 85 l Canon 24-105mm l Speedlight 580 EX ll + other bits n pieces ||Tamron 18-270mm
I use manual focus when its too dark for AF - i really detest that AF assist beam thing the canon does :/ I prefer no flash if possible so i'd rather manual focus if I know there is going to be problems. Usually i'll use auto focus during the day though
Cat (aka Cathy) - Another Canon user - 400D, 18-55,75-300mm Kit Lens,50mm f1.8, Tamron 90mm f2.8 Macro, Sigma 28-70 f2.8-4 DG, Tripod and a willingness to learn
Software used: PhotoImpact, Irfanview and a lot of plugins
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I'm mainly set the camera to AV but occasionally flick it over and experiment in Manual.
Nath.
NATH* Canon 50D * 28mm 1.8 * 10-22mm 3.5-4.5 * 17-50mm 2.8 * 70-200mm 4Lis * 580EX II *
* Canon S5is * Manfrotto 479-4B & 718B * Crumpler 5 & 7 million dollar home *
It very much depends on the type of photo:
- Flash: always in M
- Studio: always in M
- Sports (outside): usually Tv
- Journalistic events: usually Av, sometimes P *
- Almost everything else: Av.
Focussing:
- On digital camera's usually AF, though in the studio when there's plenty of time I sometimes focus manually. On my older analog camera's MF, even if they do feature AF.
*): you read that correctly: "P". When situations are unknown upfront, P usually does a good enough job and you always can deviate from the sstem-proposed settings using the dials...
Last edited by jev; 14-03-2009 at 10:23pm.
Ciao, Joost
All feedback is highly appreciated!
Most of the time Aperture Priority, and then Manual a close second
Greg
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After using Nikon FM2 for more than 20 years, I had enough of manual mode (often without metering). And now, aperture priority works quite well with birds...
Cheers
Sar
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I shoot rushed most of the time.
Otherwise Av...why is it Av anyway?
I believe the v is for "value". Av = aperture value, Tv = time value.
Michael.
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Lenses: Sigma 10-20, Sigma 24-70, Canon 50 f/1.8 & Sigma 70-200
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i learnt on film and playin with settings on manual was rewarding and taught me a fair bit
I started out with manual because I hate auto when the flash is used and was not to sure about Aperture and Speed settings. Apparently Program is good to use too. When I went for some advise a sales rep said - just use the scene modes. The thing is I want to know how to correctly expose and I can do that if the camera does it all for me - hence manual is my fave, however Ive taken well over 1000 images since xmas and only a hand full of ok ones - so maybe I should listen to the sales rep
Paul educated me in aperture priority a few days ago so I might go have a practice tomorrow.
Last edited by jaqson; 21-03-2009 at 12:06am.
JaQson
Olympus E-410
14-42mm Zuiko Lens
M mode for me most of the time, if not I use Av. HDR and pano I use Av, unless I'm doing a 5 shot HDR, then its all manual.
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AV priority all the way.
Canon 5d MkII
EF 24-105 f4L IS USM
EF 100 f2.8 Macro USM
EF 17-40 f4L USM
EF 50 f1.8
Canon 580ex II
90% Av, 8% M and 2%Tv...more or lessI don't ever move out of those 3....perhaps I should play a little more out of Av
I ticked manual; but to be honest I'm getting lazier as cameras get better and I find I'm using AV more often then I want to admit to. With older film cameras I could set aperture/shutter without thinking about; but with the newer wheel dial things today I never know which way to turn the wheel. Glad it's not car. I use to love my manual FM2 Nikon; all manual; two or three things turn; so simply.
Originally when I answered this post I was using program mode allot - now its AV nearly all the time or Manual
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