Know your exposure mode

Which the best exposure Mode to choose? Obviously, every photographer has a personal preference,according to their skill level and situation. Our DSLR camera will probably offer many automated exposure modes such as sport or portrait, depends with situation. If you to avoid correcting mistake and save hour on editing picture, try one ofthe top four modes on offer:-

1. M – Manual

- is the best mode for total control on our camera and therefore the best quality.
- it allows us to choose the shutter speed and aperture.
- to get sharp shots, go for higher shutter speed than the reciprocal of the focal length or choose an aperture for getting appropriate depth of field.

2. A – Aperture Priority

- control of this mode allow us to make creative decisions about depth of field while shutter speed automatically set by a camera.

Pic. A (1.6s F8 Iso 200 105mm)

Pic. B (o.6s F4.5 Iso 200 105mm)

Background Pic. B more blur than Pic. A

3. S (tv) – Shutter priority

- This mode is best option when dealing with movement object or shooting action picture. By selecting this priority, the camera will adjust the aperture automatically for correct exposure. try setting 1/125 sec for car panning shot or try creating arty blur in general photography at 1/2 sec hand-held.

check the required aperture setting isn’t out of range of your lens (blinking aperture display)

4. P – Program

- Great for snap, but it takes teh creative control out of our hand. often the camera can override the ISO setting (creating noise), select a slow shutter speed (inducing shake and blur) or pop the flash up when it’s not neccessary (resulting om harshly lit foreground and underexposed background)

Source: Digital Camera Magazine, Issue 42, June 2009, page 46

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