What is Mode Dial in Camera ?

In a photography life,it has many situation to suffer.

So they have designed a mode to choose for right situation.

And they design a Mode Dial for choose a mode for photography.

It look like this.

Nikon's mode dial
Nikon’s Mode Dial
Canon's Mode dial
Canon’s Mode Dial

In each mode it is different to be use.It has many mode you can choose.For example Action mode Portrait Mode Landscape Mode Night Portrait Mode and Close-up Mode.

action-mode
Action mode : For something moving fast.
portrait-mode
Portrait Mode.This mode is ideal for taking portraits of people
macro-mode
Close-up Mode: is used for taking close-up pictures of subjects.

Sometimes Close-up Mode called Macro Mode

scenic-mode
Landscape Mode : for taking pictures of scenes or wide shots.
night-shot-mode
Night Portrait Mode : For taking portrait in the night time.

And What is M A S P ?    Maybe………………

P is from Professional

S is from Special

A is from Amateur

M is from Mix and Match

If You understand like this…….You are Wrong hahaha

So now we have to try to understand the mode Okay!!! 

P is from Program Mode Auto : The camera will automatically choose the best shutter speed and aperture.

S (Tv) is from Shutter Priority Auto : You pick the shutter speed for your picture and the camera will find the perfect aperture setting.

A (Av) is from Aperture Priority Auto : You pick the  aperture for your picture and the camera will find the perfect shutter speed.

M is from Manual : You have to pick both the shutter and aperture settings.

Thank you for reading.


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