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Learning to shoot in manual mode

Started by kgarrison · 10 months ago

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14 comments

  • Anonymous

    1 year ago

    Hi there,



    Just wanted to say that the above will be a great help to beginners like myself.



    Thanks heaps.



    ed
    reply
  • Anonymous

    1 year ago

    Hi there,



    Just wanted to say that the above will be a great help to beginners like myself.



    Thanks heaps.



    ed
    reply
  • ed

    1 year ago

    Hi there,

    Just wanted to say that the above will be a great help to beginners like myself.

    Thanks heaps.

    ed
    reply
  • Anonymous

    1 year ago

    Clearly written article. However...



    1. I still can't see the difference between using manual mode and simply dialing exposure compensation. Unless of course you want to do without the light meter altogether.



    I do find 'spot metering' useful in some situations -- you don't have to guess what the light meter measured.



    2. Using the histogram for exposure is nice but be careful of cameras that do not provide separate RGB histograms. Many times only one channel is saturated and you can't see that on the combined histogram.



    What do you think?
    reply
  • Anonymous

    1 year ago

    Thank you immensely. Many talk about shooting in manual mode, but none actually tell us newbies how to do that. This is just the information I've been looking for!
    reply
  • Nimrod

    1 year ago

    Clearly written article. However...

    1. I still can't see the difference between using manual mode and simply dialing exposure compensation. Unless of course you want to do without the light meter altogether.

    I do find 'spot metering' useful in some situations -- you don't have to guess what the light meter measured.

    2. Using the histogram for exposure is nice but be careful of cameras that do not provide separate RGB histograms. Many times only one channel is saturated and you can't see that on the combined histogram.

    What do you think?
    reply
  • Anonymous

    1 year ago

    Clearly written article. However...



    1. I still can't see the difference between using manual mode and simply dialing exposure compensation. Unless of course you want to do without the light meter altogether.



    I do find 'spot metering' useful in some situations -- you don't have to guess what the light meter measured.



    2. Using the histogram for exposure is nice but be careful of cameras that do not provide separate RGB histograms. Many times only one channel is saturated and you can't see that on the combined histogram.



    What do you think?
    reply
  • Anonymous

    1 year ago

    Thank you immensely. Many talk about shooting in manual mode, but none actually tell us newbies how to do that. This is just the information I've been looking for!
    reply
  • Nicoline

    1 year ago

    Thank you immensely. Many talk about shooting in manual mode, but none actually tell us newbies how to do that. This is just the information I've been looking for!
    reply
  • Anonymous

    10 months ago

    Thank you so much. This article tought me so much! Thanks again!
    reply
  • Emily

    10 months ago

    Thank you so much. This article tought me so much! Thanks again!
    reply
  • Anonymous

    10 months ago

    Thank you for such good info for a amateur and hungry to learn as much as possible with the "goal" of becoming a professional photographer.



    Jim
    reply
  • Jim

    10 months ago

    Thank you for such good info for a amateur and hungry to learn as much as possible with the "goal" of becoming a professional photographer.

    Jim
    reply
  • SLR Camera Geek

    2 months ago

    learning to shoot in manual is so much easier than most people think.

    the key is learning where to point the camera to take the meter reading to base your exposure on.

    good article.
    reply

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