Camera Settings You May Want to Turn Off for Landscapes

Landscape Photography  •  Photography Tips

While getting started with photography, we come across a ton of resources that tell us what to do and what camera settings we should use to take better photos. But did you know that there are certain camera settings that are better off when disabled? Yes, you read that right. This is why many professional photographers opt to keep them turned off. To tell you more about such camera settings for landscape photography, today we have professional landscape photographer Mark Denney. Let’s go see what they are:

Believe it or not, not all camera settings are useful for every kind of photography that we do. Since a camera is designed with multiple genres in mind, it always helps to turn off certain options that may be negatively impacting your images. Being a professional landscape photographer, Denney talks about the 7 camera settings that he immediately turns off in any camera when taking landscape photos.

Well, if you’re curious about the settings, here they are in no particular order:

• Continuous Autofocus
• Auto ISO
• Decoupling the focus function from the shutter release button (i.e. enabling back button focusing)
• Special picture profiles
• In-body image stabilization (when using the camera on a tripod)
• All beeping camera sounds
• Long-exposure noise reduction

Photo captured by Federico Bottos

Again, when going through the list, it may be surprising to see a feature that you commonly use ending up there. But keep in mind that this list is specific to a landscape photographer. If you’re a street photographer or a portrait photographer, this won’t be applicable in your case.

And it could also be helpful to understand why Denney actually disables these features in this camera.  In the video, he clearly explains the reasons for disabling each of those features. So, make sure to watch the complete video and see if you’d benefit from turning those off too.