Aperture Priotiry vs. Shutter Prority

[togoble]

This may sound like a very elementary question but I will ask it any way.

When shooting landscapes or outdoors is it better to use shutter priority or aperture priority? It is my understanding that you use Aperture priority primarily for indoor (low lighting) and portrait photography under low light.

Just a question from a beginning photographer.

[CyberDyneSystems]

For landscapes you may want to use Aperture priority to be sure you have enough depth of feild for the entire view. (a large aperture EI a low fstop setting like f2.8 will result in a very shallow depth of feild,. and thus some of your picture may be out of focus)

So maintain depth of feild,. you want a small aperture/high fstop.

Someone else may be better suited as to recomending how small and aperture is suitable,..

FYI in low light situations I often go the opposite route. I will set the camera to shutter priority and set the shutter speed to the slowest I can get away with and still be expecting to stop the action 1/125 or so,. and let the camera struggle with getting the most light in that it can.

[CyberDyneSystems]

P.S.
Another reason to use Aperture Priority for portraights is again,. depth of feild. In this case the opposite settings you would use for landscape,. you want the widest aperture with a narrow depth of feild,. to keep focus on the subject and not the background.

[togoble]

Thanks for the tips.

[Roger_Cavanagh]

Don't forget that there is a direct relationship between shutter speed and aperture whichever mode you. Faster shutter speeds in Tv will produce wider apertures; smaller apertures in Av will produce slower speeds.

Using a tripod for landscapes means you can have smaller apertures and slower speeds with getting fuzzy pictures.

Regards,

[G2Jim]

Roger_Cavanagh wrote:

Using a tripod for landscapes means you can have smaller apertures and slower speeds with getting fuzzy pictures.



Roger meant "without" getting fuzzy pictures! :)

[Roger_Cavanagh]

G2Jim wrote:
Roger_Cavanagh wrote:

Using a tripod for landscapes means you can have smaller apertures and slower speeds with getting fuzzy pictures.



Roger meant "without" getting fuzzy pictures! :)




:D Backseat typist. :D