What is my digital camera's "shutter priority" mode?

What is my digital camera's "shutter priority" mode?

Mark Comon (Vice President, Paul's Photo, Torrance, CA) gives expert video advice on: What does my digital camera's "manual exposure" mode allow me to do?; How do I change the shutter speed on my digital camera?; Which is worse to overexpose or underexpose pictures on my digital camera? and more...

On your camera, shutter priority can either be S or T mode depending on your camera. In shutter priority mode, you pick the shutter speed and the camera sets the F stop. The advantage of shutter speed is we set the number that's most convenient or most comfortable to us. Then the camera will pick the other number, the F stop. I don't particularly care for shutter priority because shutter priority is limited depending on the light. And you can actually make pictures in shutter priority that are too light or too dark. That's why I recommend as you get going in photography, to learn to use the aperture priority mode. You will be a lot happier and a better photographer for it.