Spent a whole day on Fv mode, and I wish I started earlier.
Any of you tried Fv and how did it go?
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haha never heard of it (most likely rather ignored it), now I have to read about it 
I played with it for a short while but I tended to use it like manual mode anyway so I didn’t become a fan. I would love to be convinced differently, but I haven’t seen an advantage for me.
I mostly use Fv mode but I don’t use the camera enough for muscle memory to kick in. It’s still simpler to use Av and exposure comp but that gives slightly less control. I think if it was my main camera, I would find it a good combination of control and automation.
– I bought the camera (used) because I still have old EF glass that I can adapt, I fancied a full frame for low light and the camera shop seemed to have mispriced it. I paid £500 less than even current second hand prices. The shop assistant scratched his head a bit when I turned up after ordering online but said, ok fine, and let me take it away.
Never tried.
Should i try?
I always (99%) shoot in manual mode and use Auto ISO if there are rapidly changing lighting conditions.
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There was some discussion in the “Anyone use P mode” thread about it.
I don’t have it on my old Canon DSLR, but I’d love to try it. I learned about Fv mode while researching how to mimic Pentax’s hyper program mode, which is similar.
So is it your new go-to mode? What do you love about it over any other mode?
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With two wheels you have all three P/Tv/Av modes, with or without auto-ISO/ No need to remember which button is which. And yes, it’s probably going to be my default mode for a while.
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Yes, you’ll be surprised.
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I tried it and I failed. Went back to M mode.
Fv never worked well for me, but others swear by it. I have custom profiles set up to immediately adjust shutter, aperture and ISO (or exposure comp) each with a dedicated dial. Fv forces me to take an intermediary step instead.
Where it could work for me is travelling. I have the camera set to manual mode 1/250 F11 auto ISO for most scenic and grab shots. I set TV mode to high shutter speed if taking picture from moving vehicle, I use Av mode when DoF is critical. I could set Fv mode for another scenario.
What I do is turn the exposure dial to quickly get to my suitable settings when time is the essence. I can also set custom modes when doing special scenarios as well.
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I did use it. At first I was kind of amazed by how practical this could be. Then I realized that I needed to use a lot of buttons for the reset of each function… hence loosing my beloved shortcut buttons for focus mode, flash mode, servo mode. And then I realized that going back to traditional modes were better for me : there’s a dedicated wheel exactly for that, for changing modes !
The idea is good, maybe with time you can become a Fv master but because it consumes too much configurable buttons I went back and i do not regret it.
This is how I think it differs from Pentax’s solution. With Pentax, they have a green button, and that acts as the reset button. Whatever you do in their hyper-P mode, you can just press the green button to reset it to a default (which you can also customize). Honestly, it’s made me think of picking up a Pentax one day!
On the R7 you just press the 
button to reset the current value, or long-press the to reset all values. So the whole thing works with two wheels and one button. If you have a RF lens, the control ring is assigned to the exposure compensation.
When I pressed the waste bin on my R7 it just set everything to auto. If I push the green button on my Pentax it resets the shutter speed and aperture to settings appropriate for the current lighting and these won’t change regardless of the lighting changing.
Depends if it is a short press (current value) or long press (all values), at least with my firmware release (1.6.0).
Same with my R7. It doesn’t compare to the Pentax green button which I actually liked to use. The advantage with the green button was if you wanted to just use program to select your settings you pushed the green button but then they were locked in as if in manual mode. Very handy for shooting a sequence for panorama stitching.
You can do that with the R7 with the 
button (you have to hold it while you take your shots).
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There are short and long presses one the R7 ?! I had no idea. I don’t think it exists on my R8… too bad.