I know how to use my manual settings but my question is when you/if you hand over your camera to photopass or someone to take a picture of you and your friends/family do you change the settings to Auto or portrait?
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- Thread starter chrissyw14
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I tend to configure it into Aperture Priority - I think some kind of automation is essential if it is with a user who is not familiar with the system.
thanks for the suggestions! I agree I was thinking I should do something so that makes sense!
I did once have a guy offer to take our photo in Epcot, so I handed over my DSLR setup in AP and ready to go. He couldn't find the shutter release, so proceeded to twiddle all the dials and push every button. He put the camera in M, scrambled all the settings, and amazingly managed to take an in focus shot, well composed, and perfectly exposed. He had absolutely no idea what he was doing. Amazing LOL.
Allen C
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+1 vote for Aperture Priority.
On a related note: Ever since I started bringing a DSLR into the parks, the number of times people have asked me to take their picture has increased at least ten-fold. They're probably thinking: "This guy has a nice camera around his neck. He knows what he's doing."
On a related note: Ever since I started bringing a DSLR into the parks, the number of times people have asked me to take their picture has increased at least ten-fold. They're probably thinking: "This guy has a nice camera around his neck. He knows what he's doing."
CP_alum08
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I will second that! That and being mistaken for photopass when I have a tripod set up happen all too often.On a related note: Ever since I started bringing a DSLR into the parks, the number of times people have asked me to take their picture has increased at least ten-fold. They're probably thinking: "This guy has a nice camera around his neck. He knows what he's doing."
NowInc
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Off topic: Does it bug anyone else as much as it does me (a lot) when you see someone with MUCH better gear than you, shooting in "auto" mode..or just obviously not knowing what they are doing? Usually its a teenager whos parents got them a top line DSLR because "they had to have the best".
CP_alum08
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Doesn't make me upset, but it does make me laugh (usually out loud!) because I know my shots are turning out better. It really doesn't take much to get the basics of photography. A couple youtube videos and a few internet articles should give you a basic understanding of shutter speed, aperture, and ISO speed; at least then you have an idea of what you and the camera are doing.
I love your shots!
ddbowdoin
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I see it all the time... and I mean, all the time. In fact one day I was out shooting on my lunch break, a guy saw my camera and figured I knew what I was doing so he handed me his camera to capture him and and wife in Fanuell Hall...
out comes a Nikon D3... and it was on auto and jpegs
really man!