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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 336021" data-attributes="member: 4923"><p>Your 'cheat sheet' is built into your camera. In manual, watch your meter at the bottom of the viewfinder. Its the '+ 0 -' thing. Pick either a shutter or aperture. Pick whichever is important to the what you want to achieve. Then adjust the other until the meter indicates good exposure. From that point, you could then adjust either the shutter or aperture to get an effect that your meter would otherwise not recommend.</p><p></p><p>I would recommend shooting in shutter or aperture priority for most everyday stuff. It is somewhat 'manual', but your meter helps you out more directly. In shutter priority, you pick the shutter speed, the camera picks the aperture. In aperture priority, you pick the aperture and the camera picks the shutter speed.</p><p></p><p>Certainly explore Manual and be comfortable with it, but I would only use it for when you can't trust your meter and for some flash situations.</p><p></p><p>For instance, a night scene... Your meter will attempt to make it look like daylight. You can't trust your meter in this situation, so you need to manually adjust the exposure so the picture is underexposed and looks like a night scene. You could achieve that desired underexposure by either raising the shutter speed OR closing down (higher numbered) the aperture.</p><p></p><p>Here are some good videos on exposure.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8T94sdiNjc" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8T94sdiNjc</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzn6yKTVcfs" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzn6yKTVcfs</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickt, post: 336021, member: 4923"] Your 'cheat sheet' is built into your camera. In manual, watch your meter at the bottom of the viewfinder. Its the '+ 0 -' thing. Pick either a shutter or aperture. Pick whichever is important to the what you want to achieve. Then adjust the other until the meter indicates good exposure. From that point, you could then adjust either the shutter or aperture to get an effect that your meter would otherwise not recommend. I would recommend shooting in shutter or aperture priority for most everyday stuff. It is somewhat 'manual', but your meter helps you out more directly. In shutter priority, you pick the shutter speed, the camera picks the aperture. In aperture priority, you pick the aperture and the camera picks the shutter speed. Certainly explore Manual and be comfortable with it, but I would only use it for when you can't trust your meter and for some flash situations. For instance, a night scene... Your meter will attempt to make it look like daylight. You can't trust your meter in this situation, so you need to manually adjust the exposure so the picture is underexposed and looks like a night scene. You could achieve that desired underexposure by either raising the shutter speed OR closing down (higher numbered) the aperture. Here are some good videos on exposure. [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8T94sdiNjc[/URL] [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzn6yKTVcfs[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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