Shooting skills using M-Mode manual mode

For beginners, many people don't know how to use the "M-Mode manual mode" when shooting running water or night scenes, which is also a skill that beginners are difficult to master. Now let's take a look at the simple steps and techniques to make it easy for you to shoot in manual mode!

When will I shoot in "M-Mode Manual Mode"?

Novices are usually advised to make good use of the "A/Av-Mode" (aperture prerequisite) on the camera and set the aperture (depth of field and incoming light) and ISO by themselves. The camera will provide the shutter value according to the built-in exposure meter. This mode is also suitable for most shooting, but in some cases, we need to decide our own aperture and shutter to shoot specific effects. At this time, we will use the "M-Mode manual mode" to shoot. It's like shooting night scenes, running water, flashing lights and portraits.

To shoot in "M Mode Manual Mode"

Novice photographers should quickly learn to use "M-Mode Manual Mode". We can follow the following steps (taking shooting night scenes as an example):

1. Set the camera to "M Mode Manual Mode"

2. Observe the environment and decide whether the depth of field is important or the shutter is important.

If shooting a night scene with flowing water, we will choose to use a slow shutter with a time exceeding 10 second to shoot silk flowing water. Assuming that the shutter is set to 10 ",the aperture will be reduced (if set to f/ 10) and the ISO will be lowered (if set to ISO200).

3. Look at the exposure meter on the camera for reference.

Most cameras, such as Canon and Nikon, in M-Mode manual mode, the light bar used to add and subtract EV will automatically move the mark, which represents an exposure reference. We can fine-tune the aperture, shutter and ISO to move the mark to the middle (that is, 0EV) before shooting.

Note: The built-in exposure meter of the camera is subject to the metering mode you choose, and the whole area is used for metering in the first section.

4. Set the aperture, shutter and ISO and take photos.

Using M-mode shooting (f/ 16 1/50 second ISO200), we first found that the sky was overexposed without layering, because the ground was dark because of the large light difference, and the flowing water was not like silk.

5. See if the photo meets the exposure in mind.

We can use the "highlights" in the photos to test whether there is overexposure or refer to the histogram, but the histogram is not credible in this extreme environment and can only be used as a reference.

6. Fine-tune the aperture, shutter and ISO, and shoot formally.

The effect of official shooting (f/ 14 30 seconds ISO200)