bybrett Posted June 19, 2009 Share #21 Posted June 19, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) In A mode the display changes to numbers...No need for different detents. Fab! Never thought of that, how simple... thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Hi bybrett, Take a look here What Modes to Use, M, A, or S. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
SJP Posted June 19, 2009 Share #22 Posted June 19, 2009 I tried just now blindfolded twisting of the dial gave me A setting 10 out of 10. Admittedly Jaap's method is more scientific Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grduprey Posted June 19, 2009 Share #23 Posted June 19, 2009 That's what I do too. Works fine ... for one, perhaps two, turns - but surely after a couple of shots you've no idea what the shutter speed has been set to, esp. if you're in changing light and done a fair bit of knob twiddling...!? And surely looking at the shutter speed dial breaks your rhythm? Worse, you could miss "that shot" whilst peering at the top of the camera! Perhaps I find manual mode perverse and unusable without being able to see the shutter speed displayed because I'm not on old dog <grin> - I'm new blood: never used film in my life, and learnt my photographic skills on the (now venerable) Canon 10D dSLR many years ago, way back in 2003! (Been using a digital rangefinder for four years now, though!) Do you walk around with the camera glued constantly to your eye? Check the speed while you bring the camera up to your eye, only takes a second. This has worked for us for years, long before digital displays were invented. Gene Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicoleica Posted June 19, 2009 Share #24 Posted June 19, 2009 Do you walk around with the camera glued constantly to your eye? Check the speed while you bring the camera up to your eye, only takes a second. This has worked for us for years, long before digital displays were invented. Gene Well said. I wasn't feeling brave enough to suggest that with all of the anger in the forum at present. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJP Posted June 19, 2009 Share #25 Posted June 19, 2009 Well said. I wasn't feeling brave enough to suggest that with all of the anger in the forum at present.Don't worry it will calm down in due course, in fact it has already compared to a few days ago. This internet forum is a strange place. I guess the exitement means that people actually care about all of this, which is good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grduprey Posted June 20, 2009 Share #26 Posted June 20, 2009 Well said. I wasn't feeling brave enough to suggest that with all of the anger in the forum at present. I had not noticed, but that is par for the course. ;-) Emotions do seem to fly off at times here, I just ignore them. ;-) Gene Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
razerx Posted June 22, 2009 Share #27 Posted June 22, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I meter in A mode and if necessary fine tune in M. I am paranoid about shooting in S mode by accident and always look before every shot. Drives me nuts. I have a feeling the S mode was a last minute idea to fill in a blank space on the dial. Why not AEL or something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted June 22, 2009 Share #28 Posted June 22, 2009 Do you walk around with the camera glued constantly to your eye? Check the speed while you bring the camera up to your eye, only takes a second. This has worked for us for years, long before digital displays were invented. Gene Unfortunately it doesn't work for me. By the time I have found my spectacles, I have usually missed the shot:o Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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