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Advantages of manual exposure?

Started Feb 17, 2012 | Discussion thread

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petermc45

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Advantages of manual exposure?

Feb 17, 2012

I used to be on this forum a few years back with my D200 (lovely camera but ultimately too heavy)

I hope it's obvious why I am asking this question here.

What are the advantages of manual exposure? Why is some peoples eyes is it deemed superior to the alternative semi automatic modes – P, SP, AP, along with Program Shift and the other helpers Histogram, Exposure Compensation and Live View.

fI I could get better exposed photographs I would use it but I just can't see the advantages.

Any opinions welcome.

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Advantages of manual exposure?	petermc45	Feb 17, 2012	1
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	donski	Feb 17, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	AWG_Pics	Feb 17, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	SimSmith	Feb 17, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	MrMojo	Feb 19, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	MRM4350	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	DRode	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Not the same	John M Roberts	7 months ago
Re: Not the same	Graystar	7 months ago	2
Has uses	David314	Feb 17, 2012
Re: Has uses	Derouyag	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Has uses	David314	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Has uses	Derouyag	Feb 19, 2012
Re: Has uses	David314	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Has uses	Suntan	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	jkjond	Feb 17, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Humanoid	Feb 17, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Stephen Porten	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	petermc45	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	AWG_Pics	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	petermc45	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	eddyshoots	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	McCool69	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Arree	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	deednets	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	McCool69	Feb 18, 2012	1
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	valleyjim	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	deednets	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	McCool69	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	deednets	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Peter v.d Werf	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Epitaph_pmr	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	John Gruffydd	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	malch	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	petermc45	Feb 18, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Chuck Yadmark	Feb 19, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Alejandro Daz del Ro Fery	Feb 19, 2012
Consistency between shots and flash photography	kormendi_adam	Feb 19, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	MRM4350	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	capanikon	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Graystar	Feb 20, 2012	2
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	petermc45	Feb 20, 2012
A Description of Auto Mode Techniques - Part I	Graystar	Feb 20, 2012	3
Re: A Description of Auto Mode Techniques - Part I	Phil_L	7 months ago
Re: A Description of Auto Mode Techniques - Part I	SverreE	7 months ago
Re: A Description of Auto Mode Techniques - Part I	Graystar	7 months ago
Re: A Description of Auto Mode Techniques - Part I	Phil_L	7 months ago
A Description of Auto Mode Techniques - Part II	Graystar	Feb 20, 2012	3
A Description of Auto Mode Techniques - Part III	Graystar	Feb 20, 2012	3
Re: A Description of Auto Mode Techniques - Part III	petermc45	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	David314	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	DRode	Feb 20, 2012
Please don't listen to the above	Suntan	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Please don't listen to the above +1 (nt)	Phil_L	Feb 20, 2012
Oh boy...the M-mode dinosaurs are out in force!	Graystar	Feb 20, 2012	1
Please stop being childish	Suntan	Feb 20, 2012
Please stop being close-minded	Graystar	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Please stop being close-minded	deednets	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Please stop being close-minded	Graystar	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Please stop being close-minded	deednets	Feb 20, 2012
Closed Minded?	Suntan	Feb 20, 2012
Yes...Closed Minded	Graystar	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Yes...Closed Minded	Suntan	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Yes...Closed Minded	Graystar	Feb 20, 2012
D300s and Sekonic L758	backayonder	7 months ago
Re: Please stop being close-minded	Ian Stuart Forsyth	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Please stop being close-minded	Graystar	Feb 20, 2012	1
To Ian	Suntan	Feb 20, 2012
Re: To Ian	Graystar	Feb 20, 2012
Re: To Ian	deednets	Feb 21, 2012
Re: To Ian	Graystar	Feb 21, 2012
Re: To Ian	McCool69	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Please stop being close-minded	petermc45	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Please stop being close-minded	Suntan	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Please stop being close-minded	Graystar	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Please stop being close-minded	petermc45	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Please stop being close-minded	Graystar	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Please stop being close-minded	petermc45	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Oh boy...the M-mode dinosaurs are out in force!	DRode	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Oh boy...the M-mode dinosaurs are out in force!	McCool69	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Oh boy...the M-mode dinosaurs are out in force!	Suntan	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Oh boy...the M-mode dinosaurs are out in force!	McCool69	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Oh boy...the M-mode dinosaurs are out in force!	Suntan	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Oh boy...the M-mode dinosaurs are out in force!	McCool69	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Oh boy...the M-mode dinosaurs are out in force!	Suntan	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Oh boy...the M-mode dinosaurs are out in force!	Ian Stuart Forsyth	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Oh boy...the M-mode dinosaurs are out in force!	Suntan	Feb 21, 2012
Here's some more...	Suntan	Feb 21, 2012	1
Re: Oh boy...the M-mode dinosaurs are out in force!	MrMojo	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Oh boy...the M-mode dinosaurs are out in force!	McCool69	Feb 21, 2012
Kindly Read My Post More Carefully...	MrMojo	Feb 21, 2012
He did.	Graystar	Feb 21, 2012
Re: He did.	MrMojo	Feb 21, 2012
Re: He did.	Graystar	Feb 21, 2012
Why Didn't I Do This Earlier?	MrMojo	Feb 21, 2012	1
Yes, ignorance is bliss	Graystar	Feb 21, 2012	1
Re: Why Didn't I Do This Earlier?	deednets	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Why Didn't I Do This Earlier?	Graystar	Feb 21, 2012	1
Re: Why Didn't I Do This Earlier?	Suntan	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Why Didn't I Do This Earlier? +1	deednets	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Oh boy...the M-mode dinosaurs are out in force!	MrMojo	Feb 20, 2012
Re: Oh boy...the M-mode dinosaurs are out in force!	Graystar	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Oh boy...the M-mode dinosaurs are out in force!	Phil_L	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Oh boy...the M-mode dinosaurs are out in force!	Graystar	Feb 21, 2012
theme song: I'm proud to be an M-mode dinosaur!	AWG_Pics	Feb 20, 2012
sorry for the silliness, everyone	AWG_Pics	Feb 20, 2012
Re: sorry for the silliness, everyone	deednets	Feb 21, 2012
It depends...	1971_M5	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	egrivel	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	petermc45	Feb 21, 2012
Easier sometimes such as with panoramic photos	Hocus Pocus	Feb 21, 2012
New theory of dinosaur extinction!	Graystar	Feb 21, 2012
Reasons I use "M" mode	Osvaldo Cristo	Feb 21, 2012
Just to play Devil's advocate	David314	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Just to play Devil's advocate	Osvaldo Cristo	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Just to play Devil's advocate	David314	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Just to play Devil's advocate	McCool69	Feb 21, 2012
Yes, I could use P, flexible program plus exposition compensation	Osvaldo Cristo	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Yes, I could use P, flexible program plus exposition compensation	David314	Feb 21, 2012
Re: Yes, I could use P, flexible program plus exposition compensation	Graystar	Feb 22, 2012
Re: Yes, I could use P, flexible program plus exposition compensation	David314	Feb 22, 2012
Re: Yes, I could use P, flexible program plus exposition compensation	Graystar	Feb 22, 2012
Re: Yes, I could use P, flexible program plus exposition compensation	David314	Feb 22, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Murray Bowles	Feb 22, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Graystar	Feb 22, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Simon Garrett	Feb 22, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Graystar	Feb 22, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Simon Garrett	Feb 22, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Graystar	Feb 22, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Simon Garrett	Feb 22, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Graystar	Feb 22, 2012
M mode versus manual exposure	David314	Feb 22, 2012
That's the core message	Graystar	Feb 22, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Murray Bowles	Feb 22, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Murray Bowles	Feb 22, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	marco1974	Feb 22, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Graystar	Feb 22, 2012
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	PatMann	7 months ago	1
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	torags	7 months ago
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	bobn2	7 months ago	2
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	Graystar	7 months ago	2
Re: to graystar	Tidewater	7 months ago
Re: to graystar	Graystar	7 months ago	2
Re: to graystar	bobn2	7 months ago	4
Re: to graystar	Graystar	7 months ago	1
Re: to graystar	bobn2	7 months ago	4
Re: to graystar	Graystar	7 months ago	1
Re: to graystar	bobn2	7 months ago	4
Not sure if it's been answered already, but...	Tony Beach	7 months ago
Re: Advantages of manual exposure?	sshoihet	7 months ago

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