shutter or aperture priority

[BBigley]

Aperture priority. I'll keep it a 2.8 letting it (shutter) run as high as needed and as low as 1/500 before boosting the ISO to keep it above 1/500. I just prefer the shallow depth of field of the f 2.8. I'm constantly monitoring the setting inside the viewfinder in cases where there are dramatic lighting changes during the shoot.

[NillToulme]

Aperture priority outside in daylight, M under the lights or inside. As others have said, adjust ISO accordingly. To quote Steve Mitchell, "Never sacrifice shutter speed for ISO."

Bob's panning example is one place where I can see using shutter priority — maybe the only example.

Nill
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[DonLashier]

> and a cloud comes over and you lose 2 stops of light, your image is severely underexposed and unusable.

That's what "safety switch" is for (on Canon anyway), CF-16. This will override your setting in Av or Tv if required (EV can't be maintained).

> To quote Steve Mitchell, "Never sacrifice shutter speed for ISO."

That's why I wish Canon had an option for override to affect ISO rather than Av/Tv. Chuck, are you listening?

- DL

[Jamie_Roberts]

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That's why I wish Canon had an option for override to affect ISO rather than Av/Tv. Chuck, are you listening?

- DL

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I couldn't agree more: ISO override is exactly what's needed. Even an easier way to shift manually (on the Canons, anyway) would be an improvement over the two-finger-take-my-eye-away and shift process.

FWIW, outdoors, I usually shoot M as well; it's become a habit and I can't seem to just go back to Av (and I don't like the way my camera underexposes, typically). Again, with a large aperture, shutter speed isn't usually a problem.

[LesStukenberg]

Marc,
You asked a good question and gotten a lot of good advice, however I don't use a specific setting for anything. I let the situation dictate what I use... In some cases aperture works, some other it's shutter priority and most often I'm in manual. The reason I use manual a lot because I don't want the camera to be fooled by a background or some other anomaly where it exposes for that and disregards the subject. I have been shooting quite a while and I still remember back when the Nikon FM was a step up from my Nikon F and being able to use the A mode, LOL.

[Marc]

well, this thread has had alot of good answers, againn thanks to everyone for responding, i have been shooting sports for many years, i use shutter priority for fast moving sports, where stopping the action and sharp images are most important, aperture priority, where we have bright light and know the shutter speed, will always be high, manual when i want complete control on the look of my photos and of course indoors manual always as when using strobes or on camera flash.

thanks to all for responding and i hope there will be more answers to this question in the coming days and weeks

marc

[NillToulme]

I have to say shutter priority makes no sense at all to me unless you're trying to force a slow shutter speed for panning or other special effects.

Nill
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