Are there any different in using camera in manual mode vs aperture mode plus exposure compensation? This the same according to dynamic range or maybe something other difference?
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I'm wondering what are the most compelling reasons to switch to manual mode on my DSLR. I mostly just use aperture priority mode so I have good control over the depth of field combined with an awareness of the shutter speed that goes with it. My photography is mostly done wandering about with camera in hand, or occasionally on a tripod. I don't do studio photography and I just use the natural light.  I did learn how to take photos manually (with an Olympus OM-1) so I know how to do it, but I enjoy the extra convenience of aperture mode, particularly being able to take the photo quickly and capturing the moment rather than fiddling with dials and missing the shot.  So what would be some key advantages of using manual mode for my sort of photography that are worth the (small amount of) extra hassle involved?  And do you have any tips to minimise the downside (other than practicing to be quick)?
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For HDR, it's recommended to use auto exposure bracketing.  However, an advantage of RAW is the ability to adjust exposure.  Even Trey Ratcliff has said, .  My question is, what's the advantage of shooting multiple exposures as opposed to taking one RAW and tweaking its exposure?  (There must be an advantage, otherwise no one would bother with the significant limitations of AEB.)  I am looking for an explanation that discusses exactly what happens when one adjusts the exposure value of a RAW (is information lost?), and how that differs from what the camera records during a longer exposure.
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When looking at used camera bodies, a question that comes up a lot, is "how many shutter actuations, or clicks, does it have?"   What I am wondering is, how many is too many. In other words, is there a reference for knowing when a sensor is more likely to go? How should I judge a camera body with 20000 vs 5000? Is that a significant difference, or is that not even relevant.  Obviously this might something that is dependent on model, so if there is some information based on model that would be even more interesting.  One of the guys at Canon Tech Support said that this is completely irrelevant for the Rebel series cameras, but he is obviously slightly biased. :)
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Is it possible to lock Shutter speed and Aperture settings so dials can't accidently change them?  Last time I was shooting with flashes I accidently moved shutter speed dial from 1/200 to 1/250. Small black stripe appeared unnoticed on all following pictures due to lag in wireless flash trigger (a piece of curtain). I want to avoid this in the future by locking SS and A.  If it is not possible, how do you personally prevent these changes from happening?  I am using Nikon D600.  (I know about AE-lock, but it controls automatic metering in [semi-]auto modes.)
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If I use a shutter speed below 1/30 on my Nikon P100, I get extremely dark images which are completely unusable. If I use the flash, it comes out fairly bright but just not natural.  My camera supports shutter speeds as fast as 1/2000 and as slow as 8 seconds. How do I use them correctly? What should I take into account before shooting, what else do I have to configure or use?
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I have found that my Nikon 60mm Micro AF-D changes aperture from 2.8 to 3.2 when used with a D90. I have tried both A and M mode. Is it by design? Why?  I intend to buy  and it will lock the maximum aperture at 2.0 (my guess) instead 2.8. So should I buy it or not, or would it be better to buy the newer 50mm 1.4 AF-S version?
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So,  (credit to mattdm for pointing it out) says:     Firstly, when you turn the lens around you obviously lose the CPU connection between the lens and the camera, so say goodbye to autofocus, metering (in most cases) and aperture control (though I’ll come back to that)   Then:       The advantage of this old lens is that it has a manual aperture ring, which neatly neutralises the loss of automatic control mentioned above.   So, since G lenses don't have an aperture ring, aperture can't be controlled anyhow if we reverse the lens?    Secondly, is it practical that we set the metering and the aperture (manually) before taking the lens out and reversing it?  Is there any other way to get around this problem in G lenses (assuming that the camera bodies have the manual focus, aperture, metering controls)?
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For black and white photography, will there be any quality difference between using the built-in black and white mode, or shooting in color initially and then removing the color later using Photoshop (or similar application)?  I have a high-end compact camera, the .
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Hello recently I went to best buy and played with a Nikon B500, it was great. I was able to focus on the smallest things, close or far, zoomed all the way in and all the way out. So I went on the internet and found out that the B700 shoots in raw so I got it instead thinking it was better. Only I cant get it to focus on anything close up, weather in macro or not after like 25% zoom it no longer focuses on anything no matter what settings I put it on leaving me to think that I should have gotten the cheaper B500. It may not shoot in raw but at least it would be usable. I am fairly new to photography I had a friend with much more experience come over and try to figure it out. He told me that my camera has a range that it is able to focus on. Only the cheaper B500 focused on things way more zoomed in and with the camera much closer to the object so it doesn't make much since to me. So my question is why wont my camera focus on macro shots (weather in macro or not)?
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I was  the manual of my camera (Canon 50D, but I am sure that each DSLR offer the same kind of functionality, albeit I don't know the exact names adopted) and noticed the issue of Picture styles which I had overlooked in my first reading.   In short I think that they are a collection of various calibration settings (more or less enhanced colours, things like that...). Those that are available on my camera are:   Standard Portrait Landscape Neutral Faithful  Monochrome 3 user definable modes.   These styles are so important to deserve a direct button just under the LCD screen of the camera (I guess this is useful for simplifying the use of the camera in the basic modes as opposed to manual / less automated ones).  And now for the question:   These settings obviously affect the appearance of the picture "as it comes out of the camera". But given the raw file I assume that they are all equivalent, a style is not applying a destructive transformation to the raw data, isn't it?  Shooting raw, is there a reason to favor one of these styles (Neutral?) over the other? Up to now I have been using Standard.   As a bonus (don't know if it deserves a separate question, in which case I will ask it again), what is the difference between Neutral and Faithful?
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I'm considering purchasing a DSLR for the first time here in the next couple of months. The two "big boys" seem to be Canon and Nikon. I've looked at both companies, and I can't really see significant differences between the two.  Are there any?  (Please don't go into a flame war here -- I'm looking for factual differences between the cameras, not "I enjoy X because of Y...")    Also see   for another important part of the story.
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In program mode, DSLRs adjust not only the ISO and the shutter speed, but also the aperture.  The aperture has a huge impact in some situations. For example, when shooting a close subject in front of a meaningless background, the aperture must be large so the background is blurred as much as possible; on the other hand, when shooting landscape, nobody wants a ƒ/1.4. How do cameras determine the aperture to set? More precisely:   Are there some general rules applied by most brands? If not, given some camera model as an example, what rules are applied by this camera?
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I'm really interested in getting into serious or even professional photography. I've read some articles about fundamental concepts like aperture, exposure, ISO sensitivity, etc., and I want to get the feeling of how changing different setting affects the resulting picture.  My point-and-shot camera has a manual mode but it seems like no matter what kind of settings I select, I always get worse results than if I shoot in auto mode.  Some people claim that manual mode on point-and-shoots is a joke. Should I get a "real camera"?
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Sometimes in bright backlight and with large aperture (f2.8) I want flash at high shutter speeds.  But when I pop the flash up on D7000 it caps the shutter speed to 1/250th, which overexposes the shots and makes everything look like a nuclear bomb just went off.  What's the logic behind the limiting of the shutter speed when using flash? Is there anything I can do to get flash  + faster shutter speeds?
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I bought Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 Contemporary DG OS HSM Lens for my Crop Sensor Canon 1300D.  What I've noticed is that it gives me max aperture of f5.6 at 600MM instead of f6.3 and f4.5 at 150mm on my Canon 1300D.   Please provide your views. Here's the link to the pic with Metadata–
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Suppose we have time to shoot with an DSLR. Before actually shooting, some settings have to be adjusted to get a picture. Suppose we have a brand new DSLR in hand and every setting has to be defined.  Of course, getting the right picture depends on the subject, the context, the personal taste, etc. but I don't matter on the artistic point of view, just on the order (if such a determined one exists) and the importance of all the required technical step.  As a debutant, I imagine it could be this (rather simple) one:   ISO, depending on the current lightness ; white balance, depending on the light color ; aperture, depending on the desired depth of field ; composition, depending on the subject ; shutter speed, depending on the desired exposition ;   and finally...   SHOOT!   Is this a correct way to handle things? Is such an order (this one or another) very typical or does it change for each picture? If different, what's yours, and why?
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So I just got a Canon Rebel T4i and I'm having trouble with my lens (18-135mm STM lens). It's when I have my camera on movie mode, when I'm setting my aperture the blades won't change. I can only set to f/3.5 and f/20, and when I keep trying to change it my camera will give me error 01. So I clean the lens contacts and when I try again, my lens makes a noise and error 01. please help. I don't know what to do...