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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Photography Equipment => Cameras / Lenses => Topic started by: Bateleur on October 22, 2007, 16:19
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What automatic features do you regularly (i.e. at least half the time) use on your camera. Any of them? None?
Are they worth having?
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I use a lot auto bracketing for HDR...
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If I'm inside using a light tent then I use just use manual control. But if I'm outside shooting landscapes, animals, or people then I will use aperture priority.
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Auto focus, aperture priority (but varying EV compensation according to the scene), auto WB. Not as a rule, but as a general practice.
Regards,
Adelaide
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I use on a regular base Auto-bracketing, about + or - 1.5 to 2 stops.
I re-discover manual focusing with the "Live View" of my new 40D. It's amazing how it can be usefull, you can enlarge 10 times the image on the screen and then manual focus live on the screen, and right on the spot you want!
Claude
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It seem some people are using auto white balance. I never did that,or at least I never trusted that...I am going to try it
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I do sometimes use auto ISO in borderline light situations and "live" event shooting. But it's too easy to forget to keep an eye on it - I wish there were a way to set some better default "rules" on what the auto ISO will do, some parameters.
For most microstock, until the D3/D300, ISO should be at 100 or 200.
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It seem some people are using auto white balance. I never did that,or at least I never trusted that...I am going to try it
If it's clear what the light source is, e.g. bright sunlight out of doors, I set it manually. But if there's a doubt, e.g. mixed lighting with sun coming in through a window but interior lights on too, I use auto.
Also, I always try to remember to switch back to auto when I've finished. I've shot too many images outdoors with the tungsten light setting. :-\ or vice versa