What to Ask Yourself B4 You Shoot

DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
edited July 20, 2006 in Technique
Nice write-up here.
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited July 19, 2006
    DavidTO wrote:
    Nice write-up here.
    Yeah, yeah, yeah.

    That's all very well.

    But how about the really important questions?

    What's my ISO?
    What's my shutter speed?
    What's my aperture?
    What's my focal length?
    Is autofocus on or off?
    What's my autofocus mode?
    What's my metering mode?
    What does my meter tell me?
    Where's my lens cap?

    Someone want to come up with an acronym or rhyme that captures all of this? lol3.gif
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited July 19, 2006
    wxwax wrote:
    Yeah, yeah, yeah.

    That's all very well.

    But how about the really important questions?

    What's my ISO?
    What's my shutter speed?
    What's my aperture?
    What's my focal length?
    Is autofocus on or off?
    What's my autofocus mode?
    What's my metering mode?
    What does my meter tell me?
    Where's my lens cap?

    Someone want to come up with an acronym or rhyme that captures all of this? lol3.gif

    I'd call you a troublemaker, but how many times do I wish that I had asked myself that ISO question before shooting? Ugh, too many to count.
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited July 19, 2006
    DavidTO wrote:
    I'd call you a troublemaker, but how many times do I wish that I had asked myself that ISO question before shooting? Ugh, too many to count.
    lol3.gif I've been trying to come up with some memorable mnemonic that captures ISO, shutter, aperture, focus mode and exposure mode.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
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  • ChuckMChuckM Registered Users Posts: 53 Big grins
    edited July 19, 2006
    Thank you David.

    That is a great help for me in my quest to take better pictures.
  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited July 19, 2006
    wxwax wrote:
    lol3.gif I've been trying to come up with some memorable nmemonic that captures ISO, shutter, aperture, focus mode and exposure mode.


    As I focus and expose.

    Aperture, shutter, ISO, focus and exposure.
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited July 19, 2006
    Want a shorter version?
    DavidTO wrote:
    Aperture, shutter, ISO, focus
    As if! rolleyes1.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited July 19, 2006
    Nice read, thanks David!
    wxwax wrote:
    Yeah, yeah, yeah.

    That's all very well.

    But how about the really important questions?

    What's my ISO?
    What's my shutter speed?
    What's my aperture?
    What's my focal length?
    Is autofocus on or off?
    What's my autofocus mode?
    What's my metering mode?
    What does my meter tell me?
    Where's my lens cap?

    Someone want to come up with an acronym or rhyme that captures all of this? lol3.gif

    Same here... However, the list seems to be getting too long. Start checking everything, and you lose the moment (or your model get bored) :D

    Cheers!1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • LiquidOpsLiquidOps Registered Users Posts: 835 Major grins
    edited July 19, 2006
    wxwax wrote:
    lol3.gif I've been trying to come up with some memorable mnemonic that captures ISO, shutter, aperture, focus mode and exposure mode.

    I SAFE

    ISO, Shutter, Aperature, Focus, Exposure :)

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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited July 19, 2006
    Is my fly up?
    My snaps can be found here:
    Unsharp at any Speed
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited July 19, 2006
    Nope:D

    Back when real MEN shot film in cameras without a light meter, and with a rangefinder, thinking "ASA, shutter speed, focus, compose" was second nature. We didn't have no steenking light meters or steenking autofocusers.

    We didn't shoot birds in flight very often eitherthumb.gifne_nau.gif
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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,163 moderator
    edited July 19, 2006
    wxwax wrote:
    lol3.gif I've been trying to come up with some memorable mnemonic that captures ISO, shutter, aperture, focus mode and exposure mode.

    "SNAFU" is what I usually use to describe my typical setup procedure. (... or "FUBAR" when I see the results.):):

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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited July 19, 2006
    ziggy53 wrote:
    "SNAFU" is what I usually use to describe my typical setup procedure. (... or "FUBAR" when I see the results.):):

    ziggy53
    I resemble that remark. lol3.gif
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  • Mr. 2H2OMr. 2H2O Registered Users Posts: 427 Major grins
    edited July 19, 2006
    Too many questions to answer - I just want to get a multi-mega-dega-megapixel camera and crop...:D

    But then I have the startling question after I press the shutter..."Did I just take another crooked picture again!?!" headscratch.gif
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  • LiquidOpsLiquidOps Registered Users Posts: 835 Major grins
    edited July 19, 2006
    ziggy53 wrote:
    "SNAFU" is what I usually use to describe my typical setup procedure. (... or "FUBAR" when I see the results.):):

    ziggy53

    BOGU usually fits quite well with this as well...
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited July 19, 2006
    LiquidOps wrote:
    BOGU usually fits quite well with this as well...
    Had to look that one up. What kind of grease?
    Sid.
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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited July 19, 2006
    Shoot first, ask questions later.
  • LiquidOpsLiquidOps Registered Users Posts: 835 Major grins
    edited July 20, 2006
    wxwax wrote:
    Had to look that one up. What kind of grease?

    HAHA...

    I'm not even going to touch that one...

    :uhoh
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