what mode do you shoot in

This may sound like a silly question, but what mode do you all shoot in. Besides the obvious, like you want to show blur, freeze some action, or control the DOF--what is the best general purpose mode?

Say your shooting a wedding, do you stay on green square/ flip between the creative modes or is P and Tv Av your place of choice. Or are you are all over the map constantly.

Just curious.

Joel

On the 20D, I'm on P when shooting inside with flash because I think that the cam handles this very well alone
Without flash I use mostly AV so I have more control over DOF
When taking nightshots, I use M

Av 99.9%.

Manual 99.9%
Takes some work to become acustome to the dial to set apature and shutter speed but in the end is more than worth it. You can easily make exposure compensation without use the EC function, You can use your own experience when presented with a picture that would normally "fool" you in camera meter and adjust accordingly.
I'm just a fan of manual mode

All over but rarely stray past the P into "auto" modes.

Same here....

M 99% of the time.

99% of the time is Manual for me. It helps bring out the creativity & techie side for me.

M. Always. Though when I start shooting weddings I'd switch to Av for the hectic times...

Thanks guys thats awesome to know!

Joel

I use Av most of the time, because it gives me control over the aperture, which determines the depth-of-field. I often use partial metering and meter the brightest part of the area and apply some + exposure compensation. Remember that the camera will set the exposure so that what the meter reads will be average gray in the image. So if you meter on a bright part with the partial meter, you should use for example +1 1/2 to +2 exposure compensation to make sure that the bright part will be 1 1/2 or 2 stops brighter than average gray.

When I use flash as my main light source, I set the camera to M, the shutter speed to 1/200 and I set the aperture to get the desired DOF. When using flash, the shutter speed isn't very important. On the 10D, 1/200 is the fastest shutter speed that can be used when using flash. See Flash Photography with Canon EOS Cameras for everything you want to know about flash photography.

Show blur: Use Tv, choose shutter speed 1/60 or slower (depends on the amount of blur, speed and distance of the subject). You might need IS or a tripod for really slow shutter speeds.

Freeze action: Use Tv, choose shutter speed at least 1/200 (again, depends on speed and distance of subject).

Control DOF: Av, because aperture setting controls DOF.

Green square?! Never!!! I don't want the camera to think and make decisions for me.

Tv mainly, or Av if I want more control depth of field.

Manual 99% for me, av or tv if the subjects something quick so I don't have to think about any settings, just composition.

Maybe you should add a poll?

I shoot in Av 90% of the time, and full manual when i'm using a flash or doing close macro work.

AV about 95% of the time.