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Start at base ISO (100?)
In aperture priority mode, assess how much of your shot you want in focus - if you want to isolate the subject go wide open, if you want to get as much in focus as possible then stop down until the shutter speed is just slightly greater than the focal length. So, let’s say you are shooting at f11 and the focal length of your lens is 50mm - you want a shutter speed of 1/60 or more (to stop motion blur from the shakes!)
If the shutter speed is slower than your focal length, bump up the ISO until it is faster - this will help with the relationship between each setting
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Spotted in a park in Fukuoka last week. Lucky enough to be on holiday while the challenge window was open, I had a couple of other shots i had in mind but when this presented itself it was too good to miss.
Fuji X-T3, 35mm/f1.4 lens. ISO160, f1.4, 1/8000
Full thread for the rest of my Japan set to follow once I’ve finished sorting & processing...
TBH, I wouldn't worry too much about it immediately. Composition and getting your other settings right for the creative bit (that is the correct aperture and shutter speed for the bokeh & motion blur you want to achieve) is more important when you're learning. Then once you have those mastered you can worry about fine detail like precise exposure. But the camera's in-built tools will help you plenty when you get there
use the camera with manual exposure you’ll have more control.
take a light reading from something grey - a pavement is ideal, or something green (grass is good for this)... expose for that and you can’t go wrong.
composition wise - go and buy “pictures on a page” by Harold Evans?... every photographer/editor should read that!...
YMMV and obviously it's still very important to understand what is happening to get to the exposure you want, but don't feel bad if you find you're happy on aperture priority. Lots of folks on photography forums get rather unecessarily judgemental about it (among other things!)
I totally agree with the view that technically understanding how every facet of a camera works inside out and having an opinion about its usage in photography doesn’t make a good photographer, nor does is guarantee any decent pictures at all..
4:3 is the Olympus and Panasonic standard. Most other cameras use the older 3:2 format.
If you shoot in 16:9 format you are effectively cutting off large slices of your camera’s sensor and reducing resolution. If you want panoramic shots it is better to take a few pictures and stitch them together using editing software or some cameras have the built-In facility to do that. To get good panoramas though you will need a tripod.