What % of your phots are taken using "P" setting? C'mon, be honest

<p>0% on P. I didn't spend all that money on a body & lens to shoot in P. 90% of my shots are in manual. The other 10% divided between aperture or shutter priority depending on what I want to control (shutter for sports, aperture for most everything else). </p>

<p>Nathan Gardner said: "But don't humans have to make those machines? I doubt the machine will ever be better than it's creator. I understand your stance on smart machines since you help create them, but you're kind of insulting yourself by saying that they're smarter than you. Kind of a double edged sword."</p>

<p>I'm not at all sure "smarter" is the best word here. Mabe "better" is more appropriate (as you suggested in your second sentence). There are certainly many machines that are "better" than humans at some specific tasks. Do you want to pick up a load weighing several thousand pounds and set it on a flatbed trailer? You'd do well to use a forklift, it'll do the job "better", not to mention saving a sever strain on your back! Our human egos are fragile at best and the attitude pretty much universally seems to be, "I don't need no stink'n computer to set the controls on this machine, the computer between my ears works just fine!" Truth of the matter is, smart technology is making inroads steadily into our realm of mind. My guess is that in another hundred years human will not be deciding "how" to do it but simply "when".</p>

<p>Used to shoot a lot on P but went to nearly 100 per cent AV and sometimes M. Now if find myself going back to P sometimes, when I want to grap a quick shot or when conditions are chnageing rapidly.<br>

I have found myself missing shots or taking too long in AV.</p>

<p>I use AV when I'm greatly concerned about depth of focus (doing macro shots or whatever) and TV when I'm concerned about stopping action (kids and pets). I never use P, although sometimes I think I should.</p>

<p>I never use it...always in Manual mode :)</p>

<p>I don't think I've ever used P mode. I tend to use AV mode because at the very minimum, I want to decide what aperture to use. Lately, for indoor or backlit scenarios, I tend to shoot manual because I've found that the results are far more consistent - which makes post processing SO much faster.<br>

I've heard of people getting great results from P mode. I'm just too scared to try!<br>

Sam<br>

<a href="http://www.samandmaryphotography.com">Ottawa Wedding Photographers</a></p>

<p>Honestly never. Pretty much always in "A" mode, but once in a long time in "M" mode...</p>

<p>My wife uses P mode in RAW. I show her the AV mode and work on teaching her how to use it. I don't use P mode. I use AV and M pretty much exclusively, not even TV. I use a god percentage of adapted manual focus lenses, which pretty much dictates those modes.</p>

<p>I shoot about 70-80% rugby photos so it's on Tv for that 80% keeping a shutter speed of a minimum of 1/500, faster if light allows.<br>

Working on building sites I tend to shoot maybe half Av and the other half either on P or even the Green rectangle sometimes if I have the flash on board (Attics or interior shots of construction faults usually). Sometmes I go fully manual if I have the time or if I go off on a random night or evening shoot with a mate of mine and it's usually 100% manual to get the "Bracketing" that we need for long exposures if that's what we're doing on that particular evening.<br>

I don't avoid it like the plague like some others do, I use it when it suits, when I need a shot of something in a hurry while the brain is involved with something else, and one of the other modes when it suits the shots involved.<br>

90% of it is knowing what you actually want the camera to do for you AT THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT (in other words its 90% Cerebellum) It's just whatever works for the pictures I need to take at that particular time.</p>

 

<p>I probably use P mode about 90% of the time. However, while in P mode I usually check the shutter speed and aperture and use the wheel to adjust the the shutter speed/aperture combination if I am not comfortable with one or the other, e.g. to adjust the depth of field. Occasionally I will also adjust the over/under exposure while in P mode.</p>

<p>Most of the rest of the time I use M mode.</p>

<p>Never even tried it. Manual or Apeture Priority are the only modes I use.</p>

<p>I observed that this thread might cause misinformation in the Photography community. Especially to the newbies.</p>

<p>I'd like to say that there is nothing wrong with using P mode, And one should not limit oneself by not using P mode, P mode have it's own distinct advantages over other mode and vice versa. For you to know whats those advantages are, I suggest you discover them yourself, as explaining them here is almost pointless and would only open a new argument.</p>

<p>I believe that there are more good photographers out there that do not belong to the " I never use P mode" or "What is a P mode" crowd . Than this thread might suggest. And one should not feel insecure When using P mode. What's more important in photography are your vision, composition, Post processing skills and the final results. Without these, You can memorize all the M mode combinations all you want, But your photos still suck.</p>

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<p>P 0%<br />AV 85% <br />TV 14% (fast sports)<br />M 1% (extreme lighting, especially backlighting)</p>

<p>P 0%<br>

TV 0%<br>

AV 95%<br>

M 5%</p>

<p>Av - 90%<br>

Tv - 10%</p>

<p>I always shoot in the A-mode. Aperture-mode. So I can choose my dept of field. As I mostly use a tripod, and work with non-moving targets, shutterspeed is less important. I tried the P-mode once (Nikon D700), but was very dissapointed with the results. It was no more than mediocre, with all my lenses. And, I had the feeling I had no control whatsoever.</p>

<p>I should try the Professional mode at least once on this new camera of mine. 85% manual 10% av 5% tv</p>

<p>0%<br>

Av 65%<br>

Tv 5%<br>

M 30%<br>

more or less...</p>

<p>My Canon DSLR's “REST mode” (i.e. when put away on the car floor or in the camera bag) are: <br /><br />"P", ISO 400, CWA, AWB, CF4 = 1, Single Shot, Centre AF, One Shot, and the power is on, at the crooked bar past "on".<br /><br />At present, 20D sleeps with the 24, the 30D with the 50 and the 5D with the 16 to 35.<br /><br />"P" MODE (and using Program Shift) should not be underestimated.<br /><br />To answer your question - what % of my images are captured in "P" a quick survey of the last 2,000 shots (I was seriously curious) less than 40 - so that is about 2%, but most were shot From the Hip or Hail Mary or out the Car Window and three or four were crackers, IMO. <br /><br />. . . so I guess the question I gotta ask is: do you know the selections for your camera(s) when they are put to rest?<br /><br />WW</p>

 

<p><em>"I'd like to say that there is nothing wrong with using P mode, And one should not limit oneself by not using P mode, P mode have it's own distinct advantages over other mode and vice versa. For you to know whats those advantages are, <strong>I suggest you discover them yourself, as explaining them here is almost pointless and would only open a new argument</strong>."</em><br>

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Sage advice.<br>

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<em>WW</em></p>

<p>0%...just Av and M</p>

<p>0%. roughly 95% Av, 5% Tv. That casts a dark shadow on my photographic prowess, ok, I should learn to use M. however, because I love Av, I'll purchase a point and shoot that has it to control DOF.</p>

<p>Having spent about 30 years using manual exposure I love P mode and use it most of the time.</p>

<p>Alan</p>

<p>0% - for me depth-of-field is one of the most fundamental elements in the way I compose. Allowing a camera to take that decision away from me is unthinkable. <br />In principle if you are just making record shots 'P' is fine. If you have any artistic intent it is awful. I <em>do</em> think beginners should know that.</p>

<p>Canon Dslr's:<br>

M mode always in studio and sometimes on location.<br>

Av on location most of the time, unless I need to show movement then I use Tv.<br>

P mode only when I am in a state of panic, need to instantly have to have a picture and no time to think.</p>

<p>Mamiya and Calumet film:<br>

M mode all the time</p>

<p>When I let someone else use my camera... Oh heck no. I don't think so. Get your own.</p>