When the photopass CM's use your DSLR...

[WTP]

Hi, this is my first post on the photography forum, but I'm an amateur DSLR owner that can't wait until my first trip to the world with it!

My question is about the photopass photographers and handing over my DSLR. I have a Nikon D5000. It's my understanding that the photopass CM's are also carrying Nikons. Should I expect them to understand how to operate my camera? I typically shoot in manual, but sometimes when I need to be doing two things at once, I have it in aperture priority. Should I turn my camera to auto before I hand it over? Or will the CM's at least know enough that if they don't shoot in manual, that they will turn it to auto themselves?

Perhaps this is a case by case thing, and perhaps I should just put it on auto for them...but if anyone has any advice about this, I'd sure appreciate it!

Thanks, :RpS_cool:

[vicki_c]

I would turn it to auto. Their cameras are pre-set and they are not permitted to do much changing of the settings at all. And unless by chance, they are not professional photographers, so they may not know a lot about camera settings.

When I've handed over my DLSR, no one has ever asked me anything about settings or even looked that closely @ the camera that I noticed.

[Craig]

Same here as Vicki, I always set my camera to auto if I let a photopass photog take a pic. Case in point, we wanted our picture taken in front of the entrance to MK with the Halloween decor last year. I had my Sigma 30mm prime on the camera. When I handed it to her I told her not to try to zoom because it was a prime lens. I "assumed" she would know what a prime lens was, wrong. What do you think the first thing she started to do was? Yep, twisting the lens to zoom. I walked over to her and explained a little better what the deal with the lens was. She said she had never seen a camera lens you couldn't zoom :RpS_laugh:.

[MichaelColey]

They're not professional photographers. Definitely set it on auto.

[Rowan]

Yeah, turn to auto. I would probably even go so far as to stand by them and zoom and to about where you want it before handing it over, my experience is that they pretty much point it at you and click without even looking at the settings or anything. I had one that took several seconds to figure out how to even turn mine on. (Canon T1i)