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TITLE (As requested by Niko :^P): Nikon F-Mount SLR and DSLR and Coolpix Programmed-Auto, Shutter-Priority-Auto, Aperture-Priority-Auto, and Manual Mode Real-World Usage*
*Note that Programmed-Auto, Shutter-Priority-Auto, Aperture-Priority-Auto, and Manual Mode are only available on some Nikon F-Mount SLR's and DSLR's and Coolpix's. Your camera and lens combination may be limited to Aperture-Priority-Auto and Manual modes only, Manual mode only, or neither Programmed-Auto, Shutter-Priority-Auto, Aperture-Priority-Auto, or Manual mode. Also note that certain lenses may only function in Manual mode on certain Nikon F-Mount SLR's and DSLR's.

Awww, be quiet Niko ;^)

I call it "Simplicty" :^)

Interesting, what the poll shows me is what venues people like to shoot on here most.

I feel this shows a pretty good all around usage of the PSAM menu. I know this would be hard to do on here but it would be equally interesting to know what people shoot on when shooting all the different venues (family events, portraits, landscapes and etc.)

alphanikonrex said:
If there's anything I love it's making stuff more complicated!

Wow all the girls must be tripping over themselves to get to your house!

Oh and you forgot to title your chart. What's the purpose?

I would have also put a closeup of the exposure mode dial instead of the F4.

jonnyapple said:
That is a work of art, alpha. Thanks!

Thanks to you, you mean! If there's anything I love it's making stuff more complicated! *facepalm* Need to get out of that habit...

NikoDoby said:
Your chart is confusing if I want to figure out which mode is most often used.

Chart codenamed "Simplicity" should solve that :^)

NikoDoby said:
but like I said you failed to include Auto exposure mode so I wonder how many thought it represented Auto and not Aperture?

All I did was recreate the poll Tai originally wrote!

NikoDoby said:
After so much hope and expectation I feel so let down by your bar graph :^(

Suck it up! :^P

That is a work of art, alpha. Thanks!

Simplicity (Inspired by Jonny :^D):

TITLE (As requested by Niko :^P): Nikon F-Mount SLR and DSLR and Coolpix Programmed-Auto, Shutter-Priority-Auto, Aperture-Priority-Auto, and Manual mode Real-World Usage*
*Note that Programmed-Auto, Shutter-Priority-Auto, Aperture-Priority-Auto, and Manual Mode are only available on some Nikon F-Mount SLR's and DSLR's and Coolpix's. Your camera may be limited to Aperture-Priority-Auto and Manual modes only, Manual mode only, or neither Programmed-Auto, Shutter-Priority-Auto, Aperture-Priority-Auto, or Manual mode. Also note that certain lenses may only function in Manual mode on certain Nikon F-Mount SLR's and DSLR's.

(Yeah think of those decimals as percentages.)

Your chart is confusing if I want to figure out which mode is most often used.
Apparently that would be A mode and auto ISO, but like I said you failed to include Auto exposure mode so I wonder how many thought it represented Auto and not Aperture?

After so much hope and expectation I feel so let down by your bar graph :^(

j/k!

Ah, yes. Simplicity. GENIUS!

Why don't you just show the average use for each mode? I'm thinking 47% A 5% P, etc. or whatever.

Example Analysis:

For A Mode:

I notice that the data clumps around the middle of the section, so it seems like most people use A mode about 50% of the time

For P Mode:

I notice that the data clumps around the left of the section, so it seems like most people use P mode very little.

No, here's the way I expect you to read the graph:

As you look from left to right at each section, you should see how much people say they use that mode, going from "Never" to "Always". It just turned out that a lot of people said "Never", which is why it piles up.

Or maybe I'm confused again ;^)

Shouldn't the bars be the other way around? The highest should be the most used while the lowest the least? Unless you are trying to show the least used mode.

The what?

What's the confidence interval?

;)

/me ducks

Whatever—too late :^P

Anyway here it is, hope you guys ain't colorblind or som'thin' 'cause I can't help ya' then!

Please let me know if you have any ideas to display the data better :^)

NikoDoby said:
Alpha you don't have auto mode in your "survey". I wonder if anyone voted for A mode thinking it stood for auto and not aperture ?

Oh, the pitfalls of survey design!

Alpha you don't have auto mode in your "survey". I wonder if anyone voted for A mode thinking it stood for auto and not aperture ?

Thanks for voting Chris! Now let me compile this nicely... :^)

My results aren't really valid cause they only apply to my Nikons, which are hardly the cameras I am always using. In the grand scheme of things, I'm definitely doing manual exposures far more often than anything automated in any way via A mode.

Can somebody just go to the survey here and cast the last vote so I can share the results?

I only use auto when I hand my camera to somebody else! Here on a forum like this, your really only get semi-advanced shooters to pro's who only use the manual modes.

P-85%
M-15%