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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 146353" data-attributes="member: 13090">Personally speaking I don't think I can say I feel one mode is generally better for one type of shooting over another. Each mode allows for a different kind of creative control and it's up to the user to decide how to apply them in order to get the results he wants. As I see it, the difference between someone taking snapshots and a photographer, is a point-and-shoot user just wants to capture a moment without having to think about anything. A photographer, on the other hand, has an idea in their head about what they want and they set out to "get" that shot. In order to do that you look at your toolbox (your camera) and decide how best to go about that considering things like composition, exposure, motion, shutter speed, depth of field, how exposure affects color and so forth.  It can be a little overwhelming sometimes, I think, but that's what you're paying for, in large part when you decide to step up from a point and shoot that makes all the decisions for you; it's somewhat like going from driving a car to flying a plane. I think the best thing you can do is deepen your understanding of what those modes DO and how they will affect different subjects. Once you really firmly understand what the tool is capable of doing you can begin to use it effectively and creatively without locking your thinking into little boxes like "A" is shooting portraits and "S" is for shooting action. That mode of thinking is nothing more than a recipe for frustration if you ask me. Learn what those settings DO; don't let anyone tell you what they're FOR. They're for whatever you want them to be for.</blockquote>

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