matty

When you are working with longer shutter speeds, do you still shoot in manual mode, or do you switch to Tv mode?

I've found that if I'm in manual mode, and say, using a 1 second shutter, I just dial the aperture until the exposure meter gets close to zero. Is this what you guys do, or simply switch to Tv, set your shutter, set your exposure meter, and let the camera handle the aperture.

I know the answer can vary depending on the media you are shooting, however, when using extended shutters, you usually are not shooting portraits or macros where you are dialing in a specific aperture for foreground/background focusing is of importance.

Any experienced insight would be greatly appreciated. Let me know if I didn't explain well enough and I'll give it another shot.