Aperture priority (Av)
Manual
Program
Shutter Priority (Tv)
Scene modes/auto
I use Program 90% of the time and the rest is Scene my camera doesn't have Manuel
Jimmy!!!
Nikon D3400 18-55mm kit lens AF-S DX Nikkor 55-300mm f4-5.6G ED VR 2 tri-pods
For things that are still -av mode and I try to control dof and exposure mostly. And composition...I'm getting used to considering lighting too now, sort of.
For moving and unpredictable ' things' ( read puppies, animals, anything moving really) I'm using the auto setting of ' moving objects' on my camera. It sets the camera at widest av and handles the shutter speed for me. I can set exposure prior if I want to. Then I just try n focus.
Does that make me bad I revert to auto when needed?
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I still don't get program mode. I've read about it, but I don't get it . Maybe once I get the others I will try and understand it again. Just FYI.
Pentax K-r
Da 15mm & 70mm Ltds, Fa 35mm f2, F 50mm f1.7
Da*200mm, Tamron 90mm Macro, Sigma 28-105 f2.8
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Aperture. Easy and gets the job done.
Otherwise Manual
An update while I'm sitting on the bus lol since o got my dslr iv been useing auto 90% of the time as I'm on holidays and olny bden takng once in a life time / person memory shots but when I get back to coonamble ill have yo lurn the other modes lol well I better stop now or ill miss my stop
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Which ever mode suits me at the time "User Priority".
I shoot manual most of the time. I don't know why but I haven't practiced that much with aperture and shutter priority.
The only time I do is when Birding...
Shutter or manual generally, go to cheat mode when I'm not confident on what I need, but that's rare
aperture priority for the most part while im learning, ill deviate to manual for specific shots one day
Lately, it's almost always manual. If not that, then mostly aperture priority. I like that term "user priority" though Dave
Steve
I haven't touched my camera for a few months but I generally use P mode.
I don't like full auto as I prefer to shoot in raw, and I've never gotten the hang of TV mode. Use to shoot in AV quite a bit but the camera always seemed to do a better job than I could so that's why I moved back to P.
As for manual..well, I cannot see the writing in the viewfinder in bright daylight as I need to wear glasses, and if I can't get the hang of AV or TV I'd hate to imagine how terrible my images would be in manual
So I shall persist with P, and some AV thrown in for good measure.
Kind regards
Sandra
Pretty much Manual mode if I'm not sure of light I will put it on AV then lock it on manual, I think it all depends a lot on what your photographing to.
Mix of Manual, Shutter and Aperture. If I'm shooting kids, I may shoot shutter priority to keep the speed high, if I want a particular look, I go with Aperture, if I need speed and aperture I use manual. I limit my ISO to 6400 but I always keep an eye on it to see when it's heading too high
I still switch between Manual, Aperture Priority and Shutter Speed Priority all the time depending on what I am shooting at the time because I am into so many different types of photography.
Sport and fast moving subjects usually has me on 'TV' (shutter priority).
People on 'AV' (aperture priority) unless using speedlites.
Landscape, Seascape, Night Photography, Macro, and special effects etc., on 'M' (manual).
I use all three all the time but if pushed to pick one I use the most it would probably be manual
I use manual 99% of the time....if I ever use any other its to get a baseline of what the camera thinks....