LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS DIAL ON YOUR CAMERA THIS

The PSAM or PAVTVM dial on the top of the camera. What is it, what does it do? Let's talk about this dial on your camera. This is the camera mode dial. It relates to how you your camera. The camera fully automatic. That is the camera takes care of the settings for you. Oh, the shutter, the aperture, even the flash that will pop up even if you don't want it to. You don't have to worry about anything except the subject of you. The next one is P, Program Mode. And Program Mode is like Auto Mode, except all the settings are available to you. You can change the ISO. You can change the exposure compensation on some cameras if you want to. You've got more control over it. Or you can simply leave it for the camera to choose the shutter and to worry about taking the photograph. The next one is A or A V mode. If you've got a Canon aperture value mode. This mode means that you of the aperture. You want to control of the f-stops because you want to affect field. What is blurry and what is not blurry on aperture mode. You choose the aperture and the camera goes off to find a matching shutter speed. The next one is S, Shutter or Canon call it T V time value. And this is similar to aperture mode, but this time you're in control of the shutter. To take control of the shutter because you want to freeze action or you want to create a feeling of movement in your photographs. So you choose the shutter speed and the camera will go off and find a matching aperture. The last one is M, Manual Mode. You are in control of choosing the aperture and you're in control of the shutter. Using manual mode does not make you a better photographer. It does not give you a better photograph. You use whatever is comfortable for you. You use whatever makes sense for you. So you've got a range of modes from fully automatic to fully manual, automatic settings in between.