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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 812589" data-attributes="member: 50197">Well, for me, it isn't a matter of understanding the settings, it's the fact that sometimes I need a combination of settings quickly, that would take me time to go through the various menus to set. If I'm shooting static birds and a flying bird comes into range unexpectedly, I don't have time to go through the menus and change to auto AF area, then again with continuous shooting, and then change my shutter speed. By the time, I've done all that, the bird is long gone. One quick turn of the mode dial gives me all that in seconds. Once I'm done with the flying bird, I can switch back to settings for static birds with one quick motion.I've also got one set up for macro. When I go out shooting macro, I can get my preset base settings with&nbsp; a simple twist of the mode dial, vs individually changing a handful of settings. In that case it's just a convenience thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 812589, member: 50197"] Well, for me, it isn't a matter of understanding the settings, it's the fact that sometimes I need a combination of settings quickly, that would take me time to go through the various menus to set. If I'm shooting static birds and a flying bird comes into range unexpectedly, I don't have time to go through the menus and change to auto AF area, then again with continuous shooting, and then change my shutter speed. By the time, I've done all that, the bird is long gone. One quick turn of the mode dial gives me all that in seconds. Once I'm done with the flying bird, I can switch back to settings for static birds with one quick motion. I've also got one set up for macro. When I go out shooting macro, I can get my preset base settings with a simple twist of the mode dial, vs individually changing a handful of settings. In that case it's just a convenience thing. [/QUOTE]

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