A Primer on Shooting in Manual Mode: Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO [video]

Re:A Primer on Shooting in Manual Mode: Aperture, Shutter Sp... by rrauenza on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @02:29PM (#20698498)

I used to live mostly in A mode, until I realized I can be in what I call "ISO mode" on my camera.

If I set ISO to auto I can manually pick shutter speed and aperture and the ISO automatically adjusts. I use exposure compensation to adjust as needed.

Technically speaking, it's not pure manual, but there are many times when I want to achieve a minimum shutter speed and let ISO compensate.

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Re:A Primer on Shooting in Manual Mode: Aperture, Shutter Sp... by slantyyz on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @02:36PM (#20698565)

I also used to live mostly in A mode until I got dogs.

Nowadays, I find myself shooting in S mode a lot.

Having said that, I don't like shooting wide open on a fast lens except in certain circumstances, so like you, I sometimes prefer to set both the shutter and aperture and compensate with ISO. I guess this is a luxury with newer digital cameras than it is with the older ones that had a barely usable ISO 1600.

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Re:A Primer on Shooting in Manual Mode: Aperture, Shutter Sp... by docbrown on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @02:55PM (#20698763)

>I guess this is a luxury with newer digital cameras than it is with the older ones that had a barely usable ISO 1600.

Ha, my Canon 1D Mark II strangles itself around 800. This is quite a difference from a modern Nikon D5 that can shoot at a maximum ISO of 3,280,000. Picture at an ISO of 3mm - https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/image-comparison/fullscreen...

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