I might give it a go, Chuck. But at the moment I use A (Av) and check the
shutter speed and exposure, using Exposure Compensation to adjust if necessary.
On the E-3 I can choose which wheel controls which adjustment, shutter or
aperture.
Chris
On 9 Jan 2010, at 20:37, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I shoot the way I do because I think it's easier. Shooting manually
> with a set aperture and varying the shutter speed as required is not
> very different from shooting in aperture preferred mode and varying the
> shutter speed with the auto exposure adjustment. The reason I find
> manual mode easier is that the only controls required are the shutter
> speed and aperture wheels which are both handy at thumb and index finger
> and the meanings of those two controls never changes in manual mode.
>
> On a Canon in manual mode the front control dial is shutter speed and
> the rear wheel is aperture. When you switch into AV or TV modes the
> front wheel becomes the control for aperture in AV mode and for shutter
> speed in TV mode. The rear wheel then becomes the auto exposure
> adjustment affecting either shutter speed or aperture depending on mode.
> I find this very confusing since, if I do shoot in AV mode, all of a
> sudden the aperture control moves from the rear dial to the front. I
> just find it much simpler to stay in manual mode at all times. I am
> also assured that the camera does not change exposure just because I
> make a minor change in where I'm pointing the camera.
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