A BETTER Way To Shoot In Aperture Priority (Street Photography)

Great tips all around and I really appreciate your informative videos;
However, as far as I know the Center-Weighted metering mode ignores the focus point (always evaluates the center of an image, regardless of the focus point) as that is exclusive to the Spot-Metering mode, according to the manual/online info I could gather and test myself. Would love to hear your thoughts on this one.

Big big thank you for this video ! All the explanations are very clear and the IRL examples very usefull. 👏

how come when you move your aperture ring, it doesnt do anything? im having that issue where i set it to AP and twist the ring but nothing happens

Great video. I gained a lot of understanding. Love the photos that display what you're explaining, especially the spot metering.

This video has been the most informative, well-rounded, with the right amount of detail for a beginner photographer. I appreciate it! I wish you had a cheat sheet or a cheat card!

The photometry trick was a new one for me, I'd never seen it explained in a practical sense and in the context of street photography. Definitely something I'll be using now!

Helpful video, man. I just picked up a X100T to learn and get a feel for street and travel photography before I dive into the newer model.

help! How to use Auto Mode on lenses without the aperture ring? the simplest lenses without the aperture ring how do I shoot the automatic and in the aperture priority if there is no button and the dedicated ring? (ex. xt50 e lens15-45)

I've been shooting as a manual shooter professionally now for the past year (architecture, portrait and scene) and with this video only now, today; do I now understand some of these auto functions like the different metering systems and the AEL button!

I've avoided automatic or priority shooting for years because diving into menus scares me as I learnt photography on film cameras.

This is however a game changer of a video!

Never have I seen these functions explained so clearly and simply before.
Can't wait to try these out and get them into a subconscious workflow.

Banger video

18.01 about such basic info?)

I use a Fuji X100V. I generally use 1/250th, f5.6 & let Auo iso rock up to 6400. Since I tend to shoot Monochrome with added grain it doesn't matter to me about high iso noise because my images are very (deliberately) grainy anyway.
It's very freeing knowing that the camera is good to go at any time and I don't need to think about anything except the moment.

Duuuude. I just ruined like...120 frames out shooting people in late afternoon/evening because I didn't know about minimal shutter. I had so much blur, I might as well have been swinging the camera on the strap while I was shooting. THANK YOU!

Everything summed up perfectly and easy to understand. Thanks for another terrific tutorial. I think I am finally getting my camera tweaked to where it needs to be, and understanding exactly why.

Minimum shutter speed in Auto ISO was one of the selling points for me to upgrade from my Sony a6000. It's a feature that it did not receive

Very good information simply and clearly explained.

Hello, do the iso settings mentioned change when using a full frame sensor?

Best of Aperture Priority Videos I’ve seen so far. Great advice. Thx for sharing.

Hello Roman,
I enjoy all your videos. This one was very helpful to me.
However, I have a question I hope you can answer.

I set up my Fuji XT30ii AUTO1 setting to match yours,
ISO Base 160
ISO Limit 3200
Min. Shutter Speed 1/200
When I am taking a photo outside my shutter speed shows 1/200 but if I turn to a darker area the shutter speed drops below 1/200.
I thought the shutter speed wouldn’t drop below the 1/200 minimum and the ISO would increase.
Am i missing something?

On my Sony a7 I use sunny 16 in manual mode for street photography. However, I have few custom buttons configured for other purposes, one of them to shoot in aperture mode when I hold it pressed. And this is not taking into account two additional custom modes on the dial.

Why set a minimun ISO of 500 when the minimun shutter speed is 1/200 anyway? What am I missing?

Great tips! Exposure comp in Fuji doesn't work when fully manual. It only works when in auto or priority a/s modes, as I've recently learned.

thank you!!

Thank you for the video, explain a whole lot for a beginer like me.

Roman, great video. Thank you for the information!

Excellent. Thank you.

Just bought my Fuji xt-30II, can't thank you enough for your advices. Keep them coming

Phenomenal video. I’ve been shooting in Manual since my first film camera in the early 2000’s. The last year I’ve started exploring aperture priority, this video is what I needed to see about 20 years ago 😂. Understanding the exposure triangle is great, but I’ve spent so much time fumbling with my settings instead of getting the shot. Thank you.

Fantastic tutorial video! Thank you.

I saw on your website you do guides to a few different fuji cameras. Do any of those guides suite the X-E3 or do u have one that is, or is similar to the X-E3?

One of the best videos of its kind I've seen. That goes for many of your videos, Roman, I have to say(!), but this was outstanding. Having used a Lumix FZ2500 (bridge) camera for a couple of years, very happily, I have for several reasons acquired a Fujifilm X-T5. A big part of that decision was based on your discussion of the custom modes that you can set on the X-T5, which weren't available on the Lumix. A bit of background goss: I discovered your channel in 2022, a couple of weeks after I discovered James Popsys. I then discovered that you're mates, and have been following both of you ever since. Many thanks!

Probably the best video I've watched on the topic. Really well explained. It covers all the basics. Sample photos. Really usefull man, keep going.

Great practical tips, thanks.

Very well structured information, definitely cleared things up for me as a newbie photographer! Thanks, I followed you everywhere! Кeep up the good work Roman!

There a ton of videos on YT about how one ought to use Aperture mode and the results of using the mode. But, they neglect to review the tips you went over in this video. Thanks for video - it improved my photography in tangible ways.

Best vid on the internet around these topics ❤️👊

The best and most informative 🎉

Hi Roman. Great video (like your other ones I have watched). The suggested aperture values apply to APSC or full frame cameras? Regards, Krzysztof

Your tutorials are unvaluable. Tks

Thank you Roman, for your clear explanation in this video.
I’ll surely take better images now.

Very helpful. Thanks!

Just wanna say you are awesome. Thanks for these videos I learn a lot

For some reason when I have my ISO and shutter dials in Auto and I set my min SS on my auto iso settings, my shutter speed will ignore the auto iso settings. why is that?

Great recommendations on auto setting support A priority.

thanks for the info Roman

Madness you have shots of my home town on here, deal pier!

Nice video, perfect for knowing the settings to photograph my neighbors at 3am

It’s more important to freeze action via shutter speed than aperture mode which might give you a slow shutter speed.

Thanks so much for the amazing content!

Just found this video, not waffle at all. Super useful in fact. Especially photometry section beacuse you give example of when to use the different options. Thank you