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Light changes while hiking (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by shitterisfull@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Was on a nature hike recently. Wanted to capture things like birds, flowers, naturescapes, etc. Full tree canopy and shaded at times, wide open and sunny at other. Was a guided hike and I didn’t want to hold up the group. Ended up flipping it to Auto instead of fiddling with shutter/aperture. How does an experienced photographer handle that scenario? I feel so dirty for using it on Auto.

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[–] bosc85@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Manual mode is not better than auto. "you need to use manual" is just a gatekeeping thing from other amateurs. The pros know how to use the automatic modes and take advantage from them.

[–] keetyuk@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, but that's nothing to do with gatekeeping, especially when there are a million and one tutorials on the internet helping you to get the best out of your camera, all it takes is a is a little bit of your time.

Manual mode is FAR superior to auto. You're getting the images YOU want, not the photos the camera thinks are a perfect exposure.

Before writing crap like that down go and read up on what a camera thinks a perfect exposure is and how it works it out.

Also, what's all this "pro's know how to" bullshit... Knowing how to use your camera has nothing to do with being a professional.

[–] bosc85@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

"bullshit", "crap", "go and read up"

A bit aggressive aren't we? Is something bothering you and you are taking it out against strangers on the internet? This is not encouraging anyone to have a constructive exchange of opinions with you.

If you understand how a camera calculates exposure, you can set aperture/shutter priority and use exposure compensation to get the images you want while being faster adapting to changes in lighting conditions. Plenty of tutorials about that as well.