going Manual!!!!

so... today I played witht teh camera, taking pictures of my wifes car... and relized that I LOVE how easy Manual is to use... I don't have to battle with changing my Apeture and having the shutter speed change with Av or vise vera with Shutter Priority.

I like being able to adjust my Apeture and Shutter speed independently.... it really makes you aware of how your changes affects the photo.

now.... if only the damn LCD screen was easier to see on the bright Texas sun

LOL! Welcome to manual! I shoot a lot of equine events in the summer, which are held indoors. 9 times out of 10 the lighting sucks big time and you can't use a flash because of spooking some of the horses. So I go manual all the way and love it! No more depending on auto settings and hoping you got the shot!

"You WILL use manual."

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TRUE THAT Cynthia!!!

Manual ROCKS!!!

cosworth wrote in post #5123422
"You WILL use manual."

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The force is strong with Manual..... LOL!!!!

cosworth wrote in post #5123422
"You WILL use manual."

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Jason I'm thinking that could be a good sig for you. You could force all of us to use manual and the empire would be complete.

Chandler. wrote in post #5123460
Jason I'm thinking that could be a good sig for you. You could force all of us to use manual and the empire would be complete.

I'm on board if the title fairy is...

Another convert! These will help:

Need an exposure crutch?

A few Car Lighting Tips - Updated

Excellent, another who realises that M is not only better, but FASTER and easier than the other modes too!

perryge wrote in post #5123785
FASTER and easier

Careful, the men in black might pay you a visit.

cosworth wrote in post #5123793
Careful, the men in black might pay you a visit.

Bah we're in Canada, we're safe.

I attempted to shoot part of a dog agility show entirely in AV. Wasn't being paid so I was doing it just for fun.

Whilst reviewing 297 RAW photos of 'jumpers', only 6 were taken using AV!

I could not for the life of me get a consistent series of frames so I switched back to manual.

I FAILED! I couldn't do it!

AV is still a great tool for many applications, but for light consistency - not very reliable.

Oh - start learning to 'ride the ISO' without taking your eye away from the vf - comes in reeeeel handy

I still like Av mode, for outdoors anyways. Indoors I have almost completely switched over to manual (with flash) cause it's just plain easier. I don't know why I was scared of manual.. I've used my Minolta SLR in the past which is fully manual with a light meter. With DSLR, if the picture is crap just shoot again, no wasted film.

I'm sure that as time goes buy I will be using M more and more.

I too love manual focus!