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Using P, M, A and S Modes
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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 146366" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>The modes allow you to specify the important property. Your knowledge of photography tells you what that is.</p><p></p><p>Camera A mode lets you specify f/stop, and it chooses shutter speed.</p><p></p><p>Camera S mode lets you specify shutter speed, and it chooses f/stop.</p><p></p><p>Camera M mode lets you specify both.</p><p></p><p>Camera P mode lets you specify neither, the camera does it all (auto).</p><p></p><p>You specify the property important to your current picture, to insure it is as it needs to be. Maybe you need a fast shutter speed, or maybe deeper depth of field, or shallow depth of field, or whatever you think it needs.</p><p></p><p>If asking the question, then you seriously <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0817439390/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=afewscannitips&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0817439390"" target="_blank">need this book</a>. It probably is in your local library. Any beginner to photography should know that material. This is the most fundamental information that we must know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 146366, member: 12496"] The modes allow you to specify the important property. Your knowledge of photography tells you what that is. Camera A mode lets you specify f/stop, and it chooses shutter speed. Camera S mode lets you specify shutter speed, and it chooses f/stop. Camera M mode lets you specify both. Camera P mode lets you specify neither, the camera does it all (auto). You specify the property important to your current picture, to insure it is as it needs to be. Maybe you need a fast shutter speed, or maybe deeper depth of field, or shallow depth of field, or whatever you think it needs. If asking the question, then you seriously [URL='http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0817439390/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=afewscannitips&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0817439390"']need this book[/URL]. It probably is in your local library. Any beginner to photography should know that material. This is the most fundamental information that we must know. [/QUOTE]
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