what is your priority, why?

I use Manual most of the time. But i choose aperture first before i set the shutter sped :) Depends really on your subject.

I shoot Manual most of the time, but when needed, I go Aperture-priority with Spot metering and AE lock via the shutter. I call this my Zone-metering-shoot-monochrome-with-ambient-light mode. :)

Creatively speaking, shutter speed has little value to me unless:

1) you're shooting fast action
2) you're shooting with a flash and needs slow shutter speeds to get more ambient light in
3) you wanna pan and show blur

i use manual setting all the time but when it comes to fast shooting and changing of setting rapidly i go to a safe AV setting.

AV if I am using a lens that has wide aperture.
TV if I am shooting on a very bright sorrounding i.e. outside.

Depends on what I am shooting:
1. When I'm shooting with flash at parties or indoors, I use shutter-priority. I set it to a shutter speed reciprocally equal or greater than the focal lenght (using the focal-length invesrse to shutter speed guideline).
2. When shooting potraits outdoors (without flash), I use apperture priority depending if i want to give a shallow or more depth of field.
3. For action photos, I definitely use shutter priority.
4. For lowlite to "bulb" shutter conditions, I use manual setting.
5. Landscapes are definitely apperture priority for me.

I use P mode most of the time. Otherwise I use Tv mode. I shoot mostly at night or indoors with flash, so Av mode usually gives me very slow shutter speed.

When using manual mode on Canon cameras the flash TTL metering uses center weighted metering instead of the 35 zone evaluative metering. :) Using manual mode together with your flash will most probably force you to use FEC. When shooting with flash best to use P, A, T modes.

P mode are there for photographers to make their life simple and concentrate on composition rather than the technicals of the camera. For complex and varying lighting conditions I use Manual mode.

I don't know how Nikon's algorithm works. I'm still learning the system and I think Nikon's system is more flexible than Canon (been a Canon user for more than 6 years).

I love the Digi-Vari Zone of Nikon. It's almost fool proof. Make me concentrate more on composition rather than worry about exposure.

:)

I don't know how Nikon's algorithm works. I'm still learning the system and I think Nikon's system is more flexible than Canon (been a Canon user for more than 6 years).

I love the Digi-Vari Zone of Nikon. It's almost fool proof. Make me concentrate more on composition rather than worry about exposure.

:)

Pre! Nice to hear from you that You're shifting to Nikon. Ika nga nila, "Welcome to the darkside..." :)

Anyway, just to comment on the Digi-vari modes of Nikon. The one watchout there is that this does not only alter the shutterspeed/apperture/metering of the camera per mode, but it also alters the "image optimization" options of the scene. For example, I always use colorspace=Adobe sRGB, but when you move to "portrait" mode it shifts to Ia colorspaces. It also alters the camera's saturation settings. So, its possible that "landscapes" are enhanced saturated, while "portrait" or "night" modes have zero-saturations. There are several stuff that you have to consider if you really like that in-camera settings not just it alters the exposure settings. I have a D70 manual here in software format. PM me your email, so I can send to you and have a look at it. I think the D70 model vari-modes are still applicable to most Nikon DSLR's. :)