Nikon P5000 Shutter vs Aperture Priority Modes (1 Viewer)

Skean

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• May 9, 2007

• #1

To All,
I do not like full manual mode after messing around a bit with it and I have seen that some folks like aperture priority mode on the camera. My question would be is it not better to use shutter priority to get the proper exposure? That would be the case on an "old style" 35mm camera. The thought being adjusting the f-stop gives you finer exposure control. So set the min speed you are comfortable with and let the camera adjust f-stop to get the best exposure. I tried it this morning and was very happy with the results (will upload a coulple of pics when I get home). I would like to know others thoughts.
skean

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jourdaj

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• May 10, 2007

• #2

My feeling is that generally the cameras have a much wider range of shutter speeds than they do apertures, so unless you set an extremely high shutter speed you could full well overexpose images in too much light. My preference is to set aperture at f/5.6 - f/8 and let the camera set shutter speed.
Great image BTW. Good luck!

Jerry
http://jerryjourdan.blogspot.com

 

IanF

Moderator

• May 10, 2007

• #3

I use Aperture Priority as for any given aperture the camera will find the fastest shutter speed. I usually start off with using the widest aperture taking a few shots and then gradually increase aperture - bird and light permitting.

Correct exposure is a balance of shutter speed and aperture - so it doesn't matter whether you set the shutter speed yourself (S) or aperture yourself (A). Personally I prefer to let the camera find the fastest shutter speed as in our dull climate it's sledom that having a too high shutter speed matters - even at widest aperture shutter speed is seldom above 1/125 when digiscoping with the CP4500 and 20-60x zoom..

 

TobiasK

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• May 10, 2007

• #4

...very nice pic, Skean
Thank you very much, this makes the Nikon first choice for me ;-)

Bye
Tobias

 

mark_s

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• May 10, 2007

• #5

Great shot, Skean. What adapter are you using to connect the P5000 to your scope?

 

Harlequinduck

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• May 10, 2007

• #6

Great thread and keep posting on the p-5000 we are all interested in its aplication to digiscoping.

 

Skean

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• May 11, 2007

• #7

mark_s said:

Great shot, Skean. What adapter are you using to connect the P5000 to your scope?

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I do not use an adapter. All my shots are handheld.

 

revs45

punk birder

• May 11, 2007

• #8

Harlequinduck said:

Great thread and keep posting on the p-5000 we are all interested in its aplication to digiscoping.

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see my post in the adapters forum for more on the camera and FSB-6 adapter..don't be afraid to comment, i may be new here but i'm not unclean:hi: