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Do you ever shoot in manual and forget to look at settings while adjusting for exposure?
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Apr 15, 2019 08:38:32   #
GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI
 
pahtspix wrote:
I use ISO AUTO in manual mode with a ceiling of ISO 4000 with my D500/Tamron 150-600mm G2 and have been extremely happy with the results for over 2 years now! I can manually change either the aperture or the shutter speed on the fly if necessary for widely varying lighting conditions! Any "noise" I may encounter up to ISO 4000 is easily dealt with in post-processing in Photoshop CC with "DENOISE" by Topaz Labs. This Camera has amazing elasticity for virtually ALL subjects!
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I like this advice. It answers all the OP’s questions. I have the D500 and use Manual with auto ISO most of the time. I upgraded from a D7100 BECAUSE of the D500’s ability to shoot at high ISO. I also have a Sony, but I set the max ISO to 1600 on that camera.

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Apr 15, 2019 08:41:53   #
Vincejr Loc: Northern Kentucky
 
This new digital camera is really making people that don't know what to do very unsure of what to do. Too many things going on.

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Apr 15, 2019 09:23:10   #
GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI
 
khorinek wrote:
That's goo advice. I set my ISO to max. of 12,800 on both my 5D Mark IV and EOS RP. Both cameras will handle that high of ISO without much noise. Beyond 12,800 I start seeing noise.


I don’t usually forget to look at the settings; but I always look at the first picture or two and notice right away that my settings are off. However, it’s really hard to tell how much noise you have on that little LCD screen.

You don’t have the option to shoot auto on the D500 as some have suggested. The closest to auto is P mode and I, for one, have never liked that mode.

Fast moving events as you describe happen to me all the time. It seems I forget everything I know because I’m just trying to get some shots. A good example is yesterday, my kids and grandkids came over to color eggs. I kept the camera on manual/auto ISO with a 1600 ceiling & I couldn’t get a satisfactory exposure, so I did switch to auto (but I was using a Sony Mirrorless) only because other people take pictures, too.

How high was your ISO anyway?

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Apr 15, 2019 10:06:17   #
BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD
 
When I go into a museum I put white balance on manual and set by Kelvin. I measure on something RED in each room I go into.
Doesn't matter whether I am shooting raw, jpeg or raw + jpeg - I manually set the whit balance Kelvin in each room.
Why RED? I read a long time ago that red and purple were the two hardest colors for a digital camera to reproduce. And from continuing experience if the red object I had shot as a test as viewed in the cameras screen matched the object, the my white balance Kelvin is good and works.

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Apr 15, 2019 10:14:02   #
peterg Loc: Santa Rosa, CA
 
BboH wrote:
When I go into a museum I put white balance on manual and set by Kelvin. I measure on something RED in each room I go into.
Doesn't matter whether I am shooting raw, jpeg or raw + jpeg - I manually set the whit balance Kelvin in each room.
Why RED? I read a long time ago that red and purple were the two hardest colors for a digital camera to reproduce. And from continuing experience if the red object I had shot as a test as viewed in the cameras screen matched the object, the my white balance Kelvin is good and works.
When I go into a museum I put white balance on man... (show quote)
I recommend setting one's best white balance in camera. I then use a Color Checker Passport, https://xritephoto.com/colorchecker-passport-photo2, for a final correction. Good only for RAW files.

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Apr 15, 2019 17:03:57   #
no12mo
 
Boy! Have you picked off a scab in my memory. I had a photo shoot of my college reunion using my Canon T90 with the TTL flash. Something happened where all the pictures were way underexposed to the point that only the highlights were visible on the negative.

I took a few insurance shots with my humble Nikon 5700 especially the group shot. The Nikon images were perfect. I never did figure out what went wrong. Everything looked fine on the settings. I wanted to blame it on the developer but what could I do. That's when it snapped me over to digital and I got my D7000. Never had a disaster like that before or after. I like film shooting but you just don't know until its too late

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Apr 15, 2019 17:18:28   #
no12mo
 
CamB wrote:
I never do this for more than a shot or two. Shooting a concert last night, I probed into the shadows for a minute (15th of a second), then turned back to the stage (350th of a second) and shot a few frames without making that change. A few shots were blown out before I caught it on the LCD. I never, ever, use auto ISO. I tried at a few times a couple of years ago in response to raves on UHH, and hated it. I went back to setting it for every situation. I want to KNOW on each shot what ISO I am shooting at and believe I can choose better than the camera. So at my concert, the only thing I lost control of was my shutter speed. (shooting wide open f2.8) and caught it quickly. It''s a little hard to imagine shooting wrong for an extended period as I am always checking and rechecking my settings.
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Agree on NEVER using auto ISO. In that situation I might set my D500 up for, say, 5 or more shots with exposure bracketing going under a few stops and over a few stops. Matrix exposure mode perhaps or spot on the middle of the lighting. Interesting challenge shooting in a museum.

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Apr 15, 2019 18:27:13   #
Vincejr Loc: Northern Kentucky
 
I don't use any thing auto. But the auto focus lens and I don't trust it enough so I check it every picture.

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Apr 19, 2019 15:10:22   #
topcat Loc: Alameda, CA
 
boberic wrote:
Easiest fix when you are in a " run and gun" situation is get out of manual. Sometimes even auto--GASP- is a better choice.


I use auto-iso, in manual a lot. It works great when you want to control the shutter speed and also the aperture.

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Apr 19, 2019 15:30:51   #
Vincejr Loc: Northern Kentucky
 
It might be okay that way. But I don't trust auto.anything.

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Apr 19, 2019 16:08:15   #
rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA
 
Vincejr wrote:
I don't use any thing auto. But the auto focus lens and I don't trust it enough so I check it every picture.
Vincejr wrote:
It might be okay that way. But I don't trust auto.anything.

I set maximum ISO, and then check what it is using. Automation allows camera to do that which can be automated, and leave to me the things that only I can do.

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