Comments on: How to Decide: Manual Exposure or Auto Exposure?

By: Tammy

Tammy — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:39:28 +0000

Yes! Come to think of it, your bases for choosing whether or not to use the manual mode makes a lot of sense. Why sacrifice being able to capture the moment when you can guarantee it with an auto mode? After all, I think that’s what photography is really about — being able to capture wonderful moments in the best possible ways. It’s not just all about creating shots that are awe-inspiring what with all a photographer’s skills in the craft.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:46:15 +0000

Awesome tips! I think using Manual Exposure gives you more control of your photographs. I’ll try to use it more instead of using Auto Exposure. I’ll let you know if my photographs improved.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:38:29 +0000

Not sure David Bailey would go taking photos from TV footage lol yes does go to show how they have impoved! In all seriousness, you cant beat manual for a bit of artistic flair, automatic will give you nice clear shots for most things but you can get something a little bit ‘special’ through going manual. Thats my opinion anyway.

By: Roy

Roy — Sun, 08 May 2011 06:20:06 +0000

Yes indeed. Shows how much flat screen TVs have advanced.

By: DiscerningPhotog

DiscerningPhotog — Tue, 03 May 2011 14:13:07 +0000

Thanks for your thoughts, Roy. Off the TV screen, huh?

By: Roy

Roy — Tue, 03 May 2011 03:35:47 +0000

Thanks for a very helpful post. Using manual settings does seem to give more scope for distinctive and artistic photographs in many situations, in fact at one time with my old Canon EOS I used to use manual much of the time. However the more advanced cameras get the more automatic settings seem to do the job. I think my wife showed me that when she used her 3 year old cell phone camera to take some great shots of the royal wedding………off the TV screen!

By: epilation lumiere pulsee montreal brossard longueuil

epilation lumiere pulsee montreal brossard longueuil — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:09:54 +0000

When I was a beginner I was going for auto exposure but one day I decided I was going to take the step forward to improvement and I went for manual.

At first it was really hard, then I got much better and now my pic quality is much better,

I highly recommend it.

By: Jamie Hibbert

Jamie Hibbert — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:06:46 +0000

A great post there. I think it is important for people to trust the camera. I use M,P,A,S modes depending on what I am shooting. I must admit I have learnt to trust P and use it alot of the time. You can set your min shutter speed and Max ISO, then trust the camera to keep everything in check. I then tend to chimp using the ev setting. It has taken a while for me to trust the camera, but it gets it right in most conditions!!!!

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