I alway use my digicam (Dimage7) in manuel mode. And like yours it has every mode you could think of (it even has text mode), I've played around a bit with them, but I guess I'm just to used to working with a fully manuel slr to ever use the program modes for serious photography. Even the auto-focus annoys me as I'm used to manuel focus lenses. I'm sure that aperture and shutter priority have a good use when you are in certain situations and don't wish to have to fiddle with one or the other, but it's my personal feeling that they take away from the learning process. The nice thing about digital is that you can play to your hearts content and see right away how aperture size and shutter speed work together, and what effects you will get by changing one or the other. Again all of this is just my personal opinion and to each his own I guess. I'm sure there will be others who may feel differently.

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