Let The Camera Think 365/289

Using the camera in "Manual Exposure" seems scary for some. If so, this is for you ;-)

I have had several communications over the last week, asking for advise on how I do my shots and as soon as I mention I use manual exposure, it seems to strike terror into them. So I thought I would try and get the dial on my camera to move off the "M" setting :)

 

So this is a first for me, tabletop shot usng artificial light and the camera working out the exposure (thats scary for me)

As it happens, it's not far off what I would have chosen, so maybe it has some merits :)

I went for Aperture Priority (AV on Canon) as I thought that would best suit my style of shooting. Set the aperture to f16 and ISO 200 as I would if working manually and hit the button. Not bad I think you will agree, very slightly over exposed for my tastes, but only by about 1/3 to 2/3 of a stop, which could easily be catered for using exposure compensation.

 

So if anybody thought they couldnt do this kind of thing as they dont understand exposure, that excuse no longer applies ;-)

 

Similar setup to yesterday, but with a couple of refinements shown below.

Done