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ludi wrote:Almost always manual (M). I shoot flash-less indoor candids quite a bit, so I generally need to control both the aperture and the exposure time else the camera may pick something infeasibly slow.
Voldenuit wrote:Isn't M a little slow for candids? I'll use M if I'm shooting with a flash, since the flash will dial in the correct illumination for me in TTL mode. But if I need to capture the moment and don't have time to adjust exposure indoors, I find that S is my best bet, combined with autoISO (the camera will usually go for the largest aperture in these situations anyway). Then again, I shoot with primes, so I always know what reciprocal I need to use for shutter speed. It might be slightly more tricky with a zoom (not to mention that most consumer zooms are too slow for indoor shooting). Unfortunately, my camera disables autoISO in M mode, which means I can't use this approach when using an adapted legacy lens.
ludi wrote:Haven't experimented much with the Shutter Priority setting yet although I probably should. My wide-aperture lenses are all primes, so I can lock in the reciprocal easily enough, but I don't always want the lens to go to fully open if it's going to cost me some sharpness or make the depth-of-field too shallow. If the subject isn't moving much, I would rather dial the shutter down below the reciprocal and then use a railing or some other stationary object as an impromptu monopod.
Voldenuit wrote:Isn't M a little slow for candids? I'll use M if I'm shooting with a flash, since the flash will dial in the correct illumination for me in TTL mode. But if I need to capture the moment and don't have time to adjust exposure indoors, I find that S is my best bet, combined with autoISO (the camera will usually go for the largest aperture in these situations anyway). Then again, I shoot with primes, so I always know what reciprocal I need to use for shutter speed. It might be slightly more tricky with a zoom (not to mention that most consumer zooms are too slow for indoor shooting). Unfortunately, my camera disables autoISO in M mode, which means I can't use this approach when using an adapted legacy lens.
Skrying wrote:A. Almost always.
danny e. wrote:I use M exclusively
.. usually because i want control of aperture and shutter speed constantly.