Quote Originally Posted by DinanM3atl
I don't think Matt meant to actually just play with f stop. I and Matt said to use Av Priority as it is a good setting to use. You choose your DOF and let the smart camera decide everything else...

It allows you an obviously see what is changing and really setup the photo how you want. If you want to call that 'playing with the f stop' then that is great. Play with it.
ok well i may have misunderstood the whole post, but there is no better way to learn the camera than by shooting full manual for at least a little while. anything is better tahn auto