(canon) what camera mode do you use most when shooting with your speedlight?

<p>I'm using the 580EX with a 40D. Just wondering what mode (A/P/M) people are using the most for these following situations:<br>

1. shooting outside, flash is for fill<br>

2. indoors when flash is main source of lighting<br>

3. indoors using bounce flash<br>

More specifically, what are the advantages of using (M)anual mode over sticking with P mode which is what I usually use.<br>

Thanks.</p>

<p>1. Av or P<br>

2. M<br>

3. M<br>

I use manual for indoor flash so I can control the aperture and shutter speed (set the aperture to control DOF and shutter speed to control the ambient exposure mix)</p>

<p>1. Av<br>

2. M<br>

3. M</p>

<p>The advantages of using M indoors is that you basically have control over what you meter for. For example, if you have someone walking in a door and it's bright outside and the camera doesn't meter for the light from outside then your going to have that light be blown out from behind him; or you might want the light blown out behind him making it look angelic but the camera sees the light and meters for that.</p>

<p>In a nutshell you have more control.</p>

<p>Same for me. 1Av,2M,3M. M gives you full control over blur and DOF, and ETTL (with FEC if needed) gives you automatic exposure. What more do you want?<br>

I don't ever use P because the camera cannot read my mind and I'm too lazy to find out how to read the camera's mind.</p>

<p>1. M<br>

2. M<br>

3. M<br>

I find I am using manual mode more and more in all of my photography. I get a few? more keepers in manual mode. :}</p>