his photos look ok mah.

just that the fella use M mode to shoot event. power la.

i refuse to use M for such occasions man. i use Av / P, but surely not M. spare me the brain processes.

edited : btw that event luckily no fancy lighting la. it's held at a computer store.



spot the f58 there? 2nd row, with the card bounce.

This post has been edited by goldfries: Dec 23 2008, 10:37 AM

M gives you full controls but try going event and manually have to handle shutter + aperture just to get the right exposure. no time leh, especially if the event has like many fancy lightings (that changes) - just turning from left to right also have different degree of light available that - you have to keep up the pace of adjustments.

i'd rather just use Av mode, control the aperture (and ISO) and let the camera do shutter setting - still beats having a lot of "AIYAH!!!" due to human error. you can go see how many photographers at events actually use M mode.

oh, not talking about metering la. i'm talking about exposure. i hate to be having to adjust both aperture and shutter just to get the right exposure when i should be busy with keeping eye out for composition opportunity.

i didn't say tech event.

for me it's not whether USED TO IT. for me, it's whatever the fastest.

i love Av mode simply because my shots are mostly based on aperture so I'll let the came decide the shutter.

you missed the exposure indicator?

anyway

ahh sunlight. it also depends on direction of the sun. in some cases. turning different area would mean different exposure.

last time i n00b. always use M mode, a lot of things snap la but kinda slow.

then i met some expert photographer from SG - teach me about modes. nowadays I just stick to modes for the convenience. rarely touch M already.

yeah. fill in needed. even with best available metering, the subject still would be really under-exposed.

what's there to teach? you know M - the rest of the modes are just to make life easier.

nice choice. i intend to get A300 as well but not so soon.