The EOS-1v offers a range of exposure choices with seven AE modes plus Manual and bulb. All these provide superb control over exposure, freeing you, as the user, to pursue your forms of expressions and produce uniquely-creative photos. Intelligent Program AE This is the easiest mode to use, as I have demonstrated in the last issue, where it allows the user to focus on the composition and the decisive moment to click the shutter and record the scene/event on film. It is popularly known as the "lazy shooter's mode" although of late, professionals have been calling it the "Professional" exposure mode instead. Based on the metered value and lens in use, the Intelligent Program AE mode automatically chooses a shutter speed and aperture setting. This selected setting combination delivers an ideal exposure that is unaffected by camera shake. The program shift function, which allows the user to change the camera selected shutter speed or aperture combination to a preferred choice, can be used with this mode. The LCD Panel in Program AE mode Low-light shooting at 1/6 sec at f/2.8 (28mm)     This was shot at 1/640 sec. at f/11 (600mm) Shot at 1/250 sec at f/8 (200mm) The low-light photo above is a good example of how the P mode allowed me to concentrate fully on the composition and recording the scene before anyone realized what had transpired. It was a case of me coming across this scene, AF, recomposed at 28mm and balancing the camera steadily due to the 1/6 sec shutter speed selected by the P mode, clicked the shutter and continued with my way to the other areas. The helicopter was shot during a break in the 2000 Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix, where I had the EOS-1V attached to the EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM fitted with Extender EF 2x. The helicopter was used by the TV crew to provide for a bird eye's view of the racing circuit. The Maxis Headquarter in Kuala Lumpur was photographed with the EF 70-200mm f/4L USM. The photos below are other samples of how the EOS-1v was used in its P mode effectively. Their captions will give you an idea of how they are achieved. A lone 125cc rider taking a curve (600mm) Carlos Checa's bike against a backdrop of the rider     Candid shot - the EOS-1v in P mode is great for this Another candid, this was shot at the PMA 2000 Show The candid shot at PMA 2000 Show was photographed with one of the pre-production sample of the EOS-1v fitted with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM (all borrowed from Canon USA's booth). The other candid shot was a case of simply raising the EOS-1v up to my eye level (already in AI Servo AF mode) and clicked the moment the subject entered the right composition level I wanted. << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 .