• schnurrito
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    12 hours ago

    the automatic setting might give you 1/30 of a second when photographing fast moving animals or 1/500 with aperture 2.8 when photographing landscapes, neither of which will give you good photos :/

    Aperture, shutter speed and ISO aren’t very hard to understand and applying them correctly will give you a lot better photos.

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      8 hours ago

      There is also semiautomatic modes which allow you to specify part of that triad without needing to exactly know how best to adjust all three.

      I figure it depends mostly how much time you have to take your shot. Though im not sure how fast someone can get with manual mode with practice.

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        7 hours ago

        Yes, semiautomatic are what you should use most of the time really.

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      8 hours ago

      Agreed! I was surprised how easy it is to learn the basics, it really does help if you want to get better photos.

      Fwiw, the book Understanding Exposure was a nice entrance to photography basics for me… Really helped nail down what aperture, shutter speed, and ISO are for…