What mode do you mostly shoot in?

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Camera Fun

Senior Member
Aperture priority with Auto ISO for all my general photography. Shutter priority next and then full manual when I want to practice selecting more options. Only used full auto when I first got the camera just to learn some features. Tried P mode next, very briefly, but results were disappointing.
 
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Steve Bell

Senior Member
Night photography and portraiture or still life all manual.

Landscape and general walk about photography mainly aperture priority.

Birds, animals, aircraft and sport mainly shutter priority auto iso, or aperture priority if stationary.


 
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Wolfeye

Senior Member
I used to live in aperture priority mode but that has changed. A lot depends on what camera I am using. When I use my low-light specialist, the Canon 6D, I sometimes shoot manual with auto ISO enabled, but with my Olympus OM-D E-M10 I can't do that because auto-ISO isn't available in M mode. Why? I have no idea. My Nikon D5100 lives in M mode because it's my uber-reliable 'round the house camera with an Eye-Fi card. Every picture I take has great color and great lighting with the bounced SB-24 I have permanently mounted on it. The lens is almost always the 35mm f1.8 and sharpness is just plain perfect every time. Oddly, I could find no mode selector on my new-to-me Nikkormat FT, so I think I shot manual. :)
 
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Jon Rowlison

Senior Member
I am usually too lazy to use full manual mode... I find myself in Aperture-Priority most of the time, but I'll switch to Shutter-Priority as needed if I know I need a particularly fast or slow shutter (think night photography or fast-moving subjects.) I'll do manual if I need to, but it's not that often. Auto-ISO, but I keep my eye on it. I set the base to 100 and I'll snap Auto-ISO off in my personal menu if it starts doing something wonky that I don't like.

I liked the comments of those who said they use "Professional Mode" and that they generally shoot in the "ON" mode. You guys are funny. :)
 
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