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Opinions on FV mode

Started Feb 25, 2019 | Polls thread
Dan W Senior Member • Posts: 1,154
Re: I don't get it?

richardperson wrote:

Sittatunga wrote:

richardperson wrote:

I'm not a fan. I may be using it wrong, but if I was trying to use it on the fly and adjust more than one thing, it seems it ended up changing things I didn't want and then then I would try to go back the other settings were off. I realize this is vague.

M and Av work perfectly for what I do most, and they have been less complicated to use on the fly.

That is part of the problem is that I need to make changes quickly and in Fv there are too many options that can be changed. I prefer a limited number of options I can access quickly. If I had plenty of time, I do like being able to adjust everything in the EVF, but it was just too challenging for my brain.

Not sure how it could be quicker or easier to choose which to adjust of shutter speed, aperture, exposure compensation or ISO with your thumb and change it with your forefinger without having to remember which button or dial changes what and then finding it.

Fv is an auto mode though and if you prefer manual you won't need AV, TV or P modes either.

This is likely the way I use it, but for example, if I change both shutter and aperture, then I need both changed to different values, I have to do so through several steps. For me it is faster to just go manual and know where the dials are. Fv does give you a lot of flexibility, but it can also take you a long way from your initial settings and it didn't seem quick to get back if you change multiple things. My recollection is also that if I cannot tell Fv which function I want it to adjust if I adjust shutter and aperture--it can only change ISO, right? So, if I start in Fv, and change shutter and aperture, it adjusts ISO to get the correct exposure, but then if I adjust aperture, it still adjusts ISO, where I may not want it to. I may want ISO fixed at that time and want it to adjust shutter instead.

Maybe read this;

https://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/latest/articles/canon-fv-mode-your-guide-to-what-it-is-and-how-it-works-124247

I'm still a skeptic but I've been playing around with it more last night and today. It's starting to grow on me. As another member explained to me, you can select a button to reset all or just the selected variable to quickly reset back to auto. In the link they use the up arrow to do that and it works pretty fast. I'm glad I jumped in this thread because I never really explored the Fv mode. So I don't like Auto ISO, I override that first thing. Now I have aperture and shutter speed in full auto. So I change f stop and now I'm basically in Av mode. But if I also change shutter speed I'm now in manual right? So I can just hit the up arrow while highlighting the Aperture and I'm now in shutter priority. It just taking some getting used to. I'm not sold yet but I'm keeping an open mind.

It's not perfect though. I don't know if this is correctable but when in Fv mode and you essentially go into manual mode by making all three adjustments, the Exposure. Comp meter does not act as a light meter as does when you are in manual mode with the mode selector dial. It may grow on me, I'll have to do a few shoots with it and make an opinion from there.

I noticed this primarily when shooting theater with rapidly changing lights. It was all good until I changed both shutter and aperture, and I couldn't go back to an Av like setting.

I don't doubt it is perfect for many people, but for me I kept getting trapped and had to go back out to reset, and ended up just running manual.

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