Timeline for What's the difference between Canon's two Portrait (and Landscape) settings?
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| Sep 16, 2013 at 15:30 | comment | added | AJ Henderson♦ | And just to clarify, the manuals in every Canon camera I have used has been sparse on details of exactly what they do in the basic modes, but has been clear that it is simply locking the full settings down to presets. I have not seen any camera (out of the 3 I have had or used extensively) that has not had specific indication in the manual that the basic modes were just presets of the features available to you in the fully unlocked modes. They are basically the same thing as a C(custom) mode if you have that on your camera, but the settings are locked in the software. | |
| Sep 16, 2013 at 15:27 | comment | added | AJ Henderson♦ | @artfulrobot - the key with the basic modes is that they will never do as good of a job as someone who knows what they are doing manually. If it is a question of which mode to use, if you are familiar with how to shoot in "creative zone" do so, it isn't going to do anything with the basic modes that you can't do yourself, particularly if you handle your own post from RAW (which sounds like you are familiar with at least.) The basic modes are only intended for inexperienced users who wouldn't otherwise be able to get a quality result with the camera. They don't offer any special features. | |
| Sep 16, 2013 at 14:28 | comment | added | artfulrobot | Yep, thanks, you've outlined my hunch that these things are the same. I understand these don't affect the images saved raw. I understand what the standard ("creative" if you're Canon) modes do, it's the non-standard magic point and shoot ones I don't understand. Also, assuming that the "basic" modes are applying the same processing functions as available in "creative" modes, it's a shame there isn't a more technical explanation of what it's actually doing - this would help in choosing what to use. | |
| Sep 16, 2013 at 13:24 | history | answered | AJ Henderson♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |