Yep, that pretty much defines my world as well, Herr H. AP as i'm generally shooting the same types of subject you are interested in. Aside from those you mentioned, instances where i'll use manual include 1. birds in flight (M with Auto-ISO); 2. shooting with vintage glass; 3. ICM; 4. some music event shooting; 5. (which doesn't count) my beloved Spotmatic SP. In sum... 85% AP, 15% M. Thanks, as always, for the video - hope all is going well in your world. Cheers from NZ.
Good points. I would like manual mode in combination with Auto-ISO, but my stupid old cameras don't have exposure compensation in that mode which renders it useless for me ...
Congrats for this video! What about if I'm in full manual mode (I choose my ISO, shutter speed and aperture)? I guess it doesn't matter which light metering mode you choose (spot, evaluative etc...). Am I right? I've done some tests, and the metering mode makes no difference when I'm in full manual.Could you confirm (or not...) please ? Regards.
Well, that depends. Let's say, you've set your ISO and your shutter speed to fixed values. If the exposure indicator (or perhaps you call it exposure scale) indicates let's say an exposure of negative 2 (too dark) and you open the aperture by 2 stops so that the exposure indicater points to "zero", than the exposure can depend on the metering mode. If you use spot metering and the spot points to a dark area of your subject, let's say a black sweater, than the metering will be different from the evaluative metering which takes into account not only the black sweater but also the face and the background. If you just set ISO, shutter speed and aperture to some random values, the metering mode doesn't matter. However, depending on the lighting situation, your exposure could be way off. For example, inside a not so well lit room a combination of 1/1000 s, f11 and ISO 200 will result in a completely black photo. I hope this helps.
Yep, that pretty much defines my world as well, Herr H. AP as i'm generally shooting the same types of subject you are interested in. Aside from those you mentioned, instances where i'll use manual include 1. birds in flight (M with Auto-ISO); 2. shooting with vintage glass; 3. ICM; 4. some music event shooting; 5. (which doesn't count) my beloved Spotmatic SP. In sum... 85% AP, 15% M. Thanks, as always, for the video - hope all is going well in your world. Cheers from NZ.
Good points. I would like manual mode in combination with Auto-ISO, but my stupid old cameras don't have exposure compensation in that mode which renders it useless for me ...
Congrats for this video!
What about if I'm in full manual mode (I choose my ISO, shutter speed and aperture)? I guess it doesn't matter which light metering mode you choose (spot, evaluative etc...). Am I right?
I've done some tests, and the metering mode makes no difference when I'm in full manual.Could you confirm (or not...) please ?
Regards.
Well, that depends.
Let's say, you've set your ISO and your shutter speed to fixed values. If the exposure indicator (or perhaps you call it exposure scale) indicates let's say an exposure of negative 2 (too dark) and you open the aperture by 2 stops so that the exposure indicater points to "zero", than the exposure can depend on the metering mode. If you use spot metering and the spot points to a dark area of your subject, let's say a black sweater, than the metering will be different from the evaluative metering which takes into account not only the black sweater but also the face and the background.
If you just set ISO, shutter speed and aperture to some random values, the metering mode doesn't matter. However, depending on the lighting situation, your exposure could be way off. For example, inside a not so well lit room a combination of 1/1000 s, f11 and ISO 200 will result in a completely black photo.
I hope this helps.