Don Haines said:What is the best advice that you have been given about photography?
bholliman said:The best tip I received was from an experienced bird photographer who showed me how to set my camera up to shoot wildlife in Manual mode with auto ISO. I use this all the time now with much better results than with Tv or Av modes.
Maiaibing said:bholliman said:The best tip I received was from an experienced bird photographer who showed me how to set my camera up to shoot wildlife in Manual mode with auto ISO. I use this all the time now with much better results than with Tv or Av modes.
So you fix the aperture and speed and let the ISO float?
Maiaibing said:So you fix the aperture and speed and let the ISO float?bholliman said:The best tip I received was from an experienced bird photographer who showed me how to set my camera up to shoot wildlife in Manual mode with auto ISO. I use this all the time now with much better results than with Tv or Av modes.
Mikehit said:Another vote for auto ISO - I mainly use it with Av and a minimum shutter speed of 1/2000 (for birds in flight or 1/500 for perched birds). It selects the minimum ISO first and floats the shutter speed until it hits 1/2000 then ISO increases. I am now experimenting with full manual and auto ISO - I can appreciate how you want not only a certain shutter speed for action but also an aperture for known DOF.
Ryananthony said:Mikehit said:Another vote for auto ISO - I mainly use it with Av and a minimum shutter speed of 1/2000 (for birds in flight or 1/500 for perched birds). It selects the minimum ISO first and floats the shutter speed until it hits 1/2000 then ISO increases. I am now experimenting with full manual and auto ISO - I can appreciate how you want not only a certain shutter speed for action but also an aperture for known DOF.
I could never figure out AV with auto ISO for birding. What do you do if your following a bird in flight, who then lands on a branch for example maybe in shadows? 1/2000 wouldn't be needed, but then I would have to change my shooting mode to another custom mode with a lower shutterspeed limit, or change to manual, then adjust all my settings. I've read a lot of people who do use it, so maybe I'm missing something.
Mikehit said:Ryananthony said:Mikehit said:Another vote for auto ISO - I mainly use it with Av and a minimum shutter speed of 1/2000 (for birds in flight or 1/500 for perched birds). It selects the minimum ISO first and floats the shutter speed until it hits 1/2000 then ISO increases. I am now experimenting with full manual and auto ISO - I can appreciate how you want not only a certain shutter speed for action but also an aperture for known DOF.
I could never figure out AV with auto ISO for birding. What do you do if your following a bird in flight, who then lands on a branch for example maybe in shadows? 1/2000 wouldn't be needed, but then I would have to change my shooting mode to another custom mode with a lower shutterspeed limit, or change to manual, then adjust all my settings. I've read a lot of people who do use it, so maybe I'm missing something.
I am currently experimenting with C1 having minimum shutter speed 1/2000 (in flight) and C2 at 1/500 (stationary) so all I need do is switch the dial one notch. As someone really used to Av, this is no different to being in manual and spinning the shutter speed dial when the bird rests up.
For small woodland birds I am finding that they fidget and twitch quite a lot and even 1/1000 is sometimes too slow to freeze their motion so I sometimes don't change things at all.
I don't see either as being superior, just what you are used to.
When I had the 7D, I found it quite easy to switch between Av, M and C1/C2/C3 simply by the number of clicks on the mode dial so I am aiming for a set-up where I have the C1/C2 as above, with C3 set up for macro and manual mode configured with with auto-ISO so I have all options available to me.
I wish you were my lady friend. I would shoot you (more) every single morning, until you die (I mean - deaths do us apart)geekpower said:shoot more
zooming with your feet is not actually a thing (perspective and framing are two independent characteristics)
shoot more
don't be an available light snob (get a flash)
shoot more
get the flash off the camera (even a few inches makes a difference)
shoot more
shoot more
Besisika said:I wish you were my lady friend. I would shoot you (more) every single morning, until you die (I mean - deaths do us apart)geekpower said:shoot more
zooming with your feet is not actually a thing (perspective and framing are two independent characteristics)
shoot more
don't be an available light snob (get a flash)
shoot more
get the flash off the camera (even a few inches makes a difference)
shoot more
shoot more
mackguyver said:The best advice is also the simplest: Turn Around...
AlanF said:Besisika said:I wish you were my lady friend. I would shoot you (more) every single morning, until you die (I mean - deaths do us apart)
A feisty young lady would no doubt give you the advice to zoom out with your feet, preferably starting from the edge of a cliff.