I'm going to have to explain some of the cases that made me choose full automatic with the D70. BTW in the studio I use full manual with my strobes.Originally Posted by Speed
1. Landscapes on a dull day
I've tried to set the white balance myself so that it looks right but I've realised that the camera gets it closer than I do. I've now gone over to shooting RAW for landscapes.
2. SB800 Flash with off-center subject:
With a film camera I set the camera on manual to underexpose the room by about 1/2 stop, use the center focussing zone to prefocus on the subject at left and let the OTF metering in the body and the film's overexposure latitude give me a scene where the subject is correctly lit and the background fades away.
I tried this with the D70 and it would overexpose the flash because it thinks the subject is in the center. I tried using the flash memory function but it wasn't very consistent. I figured I had to set the ISO so that the room is correctly exposed and make sure that the camera knew where the subject was so I tried using the touchpad to set the focussing zone but finally I let the camera find the subject itself and it works fine.
Charles