Ok, so I was thinking today. I know, something I shouldn't do too much. It was that time of the week where ideas sprout up be they good or terrible.
Let's look at a properly exposed image. Let's say the image was shot on aperture priority mode. Let's also assume that the shooter ONLY cares about a properly exposed image, no fancy crap like, "oh, i want this aperture, buuut, I also want to blur the subject..." No. None of that creative bullcrap here. Let us only assume we are looking at proper exposure for a moment, we can all be creative later.
So.
In this particular shot, the shooter selected f5.6 as his aperture, and Mr. Camera decides that the shutter speed would need to be 1/60th of a second to create the image. Cool stuff. Way to think, Mr. Camera.
Let's switch it into manual mode and take the exact same photo. The shooter knows that he wants his aperture to be f5.6, but he's also got to dial up his shutter speed to get a properly exposed photo. We already know where around the shutter speed should be. You guessed it. 1/60th of a second. But what if we didn't know right off the bat like some crazy smart super-hero of photography? He takes a look in his viewfinder as he's fiddling with his shutter speed, trying to get that little bar to slide to the right/left, knowing that anywhere other than the center would yield an improperly exposed shot. Phooey patootie.
This brings me to my devastatingly retarded conclusion that, assuming all one really cares about is a properly exposed picture, manual mode requires twice the amount of thinking, prep work and time to get right compared to flicking your camera into Aperture Priority mode and shooting your photo.
I could be wrong about all this, but this is the way I thought about things.
And this is also why I don't shoot in manual. Unless I'm being creative or reallly need to. Which, I rarely do.
Anyone else come to a similar profound theory? Let's hear what you think!
Again, this post is really just a rant, not to be taken too seriously.. It's late, and I'm somewhat bored and intoxicated.
Let's look at a properly exposed image. Let's say the image was shot on aperture priority mode. Let's also assume that the shooter ONLY cares about a properly exposed image, no fancy crap like, "oh, i want this aperture, buuut, I also want to blur the subject..." No. None of that creative bullcrap here. Let us only assume we are looking at proper exposure for a moment, we can all be creative later.
So.
In this particular shot, the shooter selected f5.6 as his aperture, and Mr. Camera decides that the shutter speed would need to be 1/60th of a second to create the image. Cool stuff. Way to think, Mr. Camera.
Let's switch it into manual mode and take the exact same photo. The shooter knows that he wants his aperture to be f5.6, but he's also got to dial up his shutter speed to get a properly exposed photo. We already know where around the shutter speed should be. You guessed it. 1/60th of a second. But what if we didn't know right off the bat like some crazy smart super-hero of photography? He takes a look in his viewfinder as he's fiddling with his shutter speed, trying to get that little bar to slide to the right/left, knowing that anywhere other than the center would yield an improperly exposed shot. Phooey patootie.
This brings me to my devastatingly retarded conclusion that, assuming all one really cares about is a properly exposed picture, manual mode requires twice the amount of thinking, prep work and time to get right compared to flicking your camera into Aperture Priority mode and shooting your photo.
I could be wrong about all this, but this is the way I thought about things.
And this is also why I don't shoot in manual. Unless I'm being creative or reallly need to. Which, I rarely do.
Anyone else come to a similar profound theory? Let's hear what you think!
Again, this post is really just a rant, not to be taken too seriously.. It's late, and I'm somewhat bored and intoxicated.