On Apr 17, 2006, at 10:48 AM, Adam Maas wrote:
Canned modes don't apply any of the custom functions or other useful
settings.
And in all this time I'd never tried 'em. Well, I suppose I probably
never will.
so I use Tv for Action/Sport, M anytime I know better what I'm
doing and AV for all other normal situations.
I rarely use anything but M, picking an aperture to get the look I'm
after and then making minor adjustments to shutter speed when needed.
For sports I find TV isn't really appropriate -- why do you suggest
it?
-Aaron
Tv's a good no-brainer for action shooting, set 1/500 and run with it.
I can see why an experienced shooter like yourself would use M though.
I've always found that the hard part with shooting sports is getting
the balance between how much light is available and how much speed you
need -- rarely have I come across a situation where I actually could
have set the camera to 1/500 and then let the aperture fall where it
wants without being up in the ugly ISO range.
My suggestion is to figure out what you need, what you can get away
with, and how close you can get to it without going to ISO 1600 -- I
figure out a target shutter speed, determine what ISO I can use with
that speed and with my fastest long lens wide open, and then go from
there. If I were running on an automatic mode, it would likely be AV
-- using TV, a drop in light level would mean a drop in exposure,
because the lens would already be wide open or really close to it. But
if you're using AV and getting around 1/500 at f2.8 and in the slightly
dimmer corner of the stadium your shutter speed drops to 1/400, well,
no biggie.
-Aaron
