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Craig Breakey Posts: 268 Joined: 19th Nov 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 12:24 on 13th January 2009 Hi All, How is the best way for camera settings to be used, i.e. tv, m, av, p. as in portraits ,landscapes. I keep reading and trying different things but I seem to be going one step forward and two back any help would be gratfully recieved. Craig  |
Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 13:03 on 13th January 2009 One for you Peter, where are you mate? |
| Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 13:05 on 13th January 2009 Or Paul, you seem always to be able to bring plenty to the table. Either way Craig, just hang on in there because a POE member will, I am sure, be able to help! |
| Craig Breakey Posts: 268 Joined: 19th Nov 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 16:59 on 13th January 2009 Thanks for your responce Ron, but I have just found a great site for my teething problems, I hope this might help most POE Members. http://digital-photography-school.com/digital-camera-modes
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Rod Burkey  Posts: 554 Joined: 2nd Sep 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 18:30 on 13th January 2009 Hi Craig, Having taken a quick look at your POE images, you and your camera seem to working very well together in my humble view. I tend to use Aperture Priority for static shots and Shutter Priority for action shots. Once you have got to grips with the relationship between f.stops & shotter speeds, it all tends to fall into place. Using the "auto modes" hands over the task to the camera really and excellent results can follow but, with the immediacy of digital and the speed at which the image can be viewed on the screen the results soon show you how to do it more for yourself. Then, you can tinker with going completly manual which is another way to go. I only do this when I have plenty of time. But, your pictures show great quality already. As for the one step forward & two back, that's just the way of things as my deleted files prove. |
| Craig Breakey Posts: 268 Joined: 19th Nov 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 18:51 on 13th January 2009 Thanks Rod for taking the time to reply, With going to different websites and trying to learn everthing at once it seems to confuse me more than learn anything. So I will take your comments on board and try one thing at once. old age is a terrible thing I dont seem to take thing as quick as I used to. Thanks again Craig. |
Gemm Ferrane Posts: 36 Joined: 12th Dec 2006 Location: UK | quotePosted at 14:32 on 17th January 2009 As Rod said, which mode to use really depends on what effect you want to achieve, e.g. showing good depth-of-field, movement, etc etc. It's important to think well before pressing the shutter. Think what kind of image you want, what kind effect you want on each image, rather and shooting everything and hoping for the best. |
Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 14:38 on 17th January 2009 Great thread and great responses. I bought myself a very nice DSLR and now find that I don't (or think I don't ) have the brain to learn how to use it. One step at a time seems to be what I should be focusing (Ha) on. Maybe I should learn about this f stop and shutter speed thing. I want to take pictures of birds, but they don't seem to want to sit around waiting for me to figure out what setting to use. |
| Gemm Ferrane Posts: 36 Joined: 12th Dec 2006 Location: UK | quotePosted at 15:11 on 17th January 2009 For birds, I'd set it to Av with maximum aperture (for shallow DoF to blur the background and for getting fast enough shutter speed), then adjust the ISO and exposure compensation depending on the weather/light level. :) |
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 15:22 on 17th January 2009 IfI were you Sue, I'd be inclined to set your camera to Sports-mode ( if it has that offered) so it'll be keeping the shutter speed up, and also set the ISO speed to around 400-800, and it's focusing to Tracking if your taking birds flying, in addition to those who might be more obliging and sit still for a short time. |
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