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Auto ISO
Aug 26, 2021 14:29:05 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I never use auto ISO in manual. In manual I control everything. I need that because I don't use the EC. Auto ISO and aperture priority works very close to what I would have done manually most of the time.
Do you realize you are giving up your manual control over shutter speed to whatever aperture priority decides for you?
Aug 26, 2021 14:40:54 #
I use auto ISO with my Nikon D 7100 camera - usually in Aperture priority mode and have gotten excellent results. I usually shoot with a Tamron 18--270 mm lens (but sometimes use a Nikkor DX 35 mm F/1.8 lens when shooting in low light and not wanting to use a flash or for people portraits where I want a good background blur/bokeh).
Aug 26, 2021 14:44:37 #
I forgot to add: I set my max ISO at 1600 as at that ISO there is barely any digital "noise." I will manually take my camera off of Auto ISO and set a higher ISO if I really need it because of the low light conditions.
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Aug 26, 2021 14:54:43 #
Lou Razzano wrote:
I forgot to add: I set my max ISO at 1600 as at that ISO there is barely any digital "noise." I will manually take my camera off of Auto ISO and set a higher ISO if I really need it because of the low light conditions.
So you don't know what shutter speed you are taking the picture with either.
What if you were shooting birds or something else in motion and had to have a fast shutter speed to stop the action?
Aug 26, 2021 15:02:22 #
I rarely shoot things in fast motion--most of the things that I shoot are stationary or moving slowly.
Aug 26, 2021 15:04:45 #
Lou Razzano wrote:
I rarely shoot things in fast motion--most of the things that I shoot are stationary or moving slowly.
How do you know if you might need a tripod or not if you don't know the shutter speed?
Aug 26, 2021 15:38:31 #
Lou Razzano wrote:
I forgot to add: I set my max ISO at 1600 as at that ISO there is barely any digital "noise." I will manually take my camera off of Auto ISO and set a higher ISO if I really need it because of the low light conditions.
But then you've missed that once-in-a-lifetime shot. 🤔
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Aug 26, 2021 15:41:33 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Do you realize you are giving up your manual control over shutter speed to whatever aperture priority decides for you?
Yes I do know but I also know that the aperture priority decides for me is to my liking most of the time. I know how it does it and I agree with it. I don't like what it does in P or S so I never use them. Of course I do use manual but whenever I am in manual it's fully manual.
The key to use automation is to know exactly what it does and then you can decide the way it make decision is in line with yours or not. I don't use a feature that I don't know how it does it. For example I would never use scene modes because I didn't spend time to study how each of the scenes mode makes decision.
Aug 26, 2021 18:06:31 #
Sidwalkastronomy
Loc: New Jersey Shore
P mode my Canon 77D you can spin the main dial and get different variations of the same scene. Looking through view finder you can see what the A and S are and vary it
Aug 26, 2021 19:41:44 #
srt101fan wrote:
Hmmm...Learned something new about the mechanics of cognition! 🙂
Spoken like an engineer !
Aug 26, 2021 19:46:55 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I do not use P mode because it doesn't behave anything close to what I would do manually. I don't use S mode because I tend to use very narrow range of apertures.
Whatever dissipates those potential cognitive farts is best for each user.
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Aug 26, 2021 20:03:03 #
Sidwalkastronomy wrote:
P mode my Canon 77D you can spin the main dial and get different variations of the same scene. Looking through view finder you can see what the A and S are and vary it
A, S, and P modes krept in gradually and unfortunately never got culled. The last to arrive was P mode and as you’ve happily discovered the only AE mode needed is P. Spinning the “P Shift” dial covers A and S modes. A and S modes are obsolete.
There’s one other bit of AE magic that sweetens the pot: Toggled AE Lock. Many cameras have it. Some have it better than others, but it’s the ultimate version of BOTH manual and AE.
There’s also another sweetener but it’s available only on Lumix. In M mode, you press a button for “One Push AE”. P mode momentarily leaps in and sets its choice of speed and aperture. Let go of the button and those settings remain, but you’ve returned to M mode.
None of this stuff gets covered by flack reviewers so likewise it’s never discussed around here.
Aug 26, 2021 20:21:28 #
Fear of P mode defeats more photographers than any other setting on their camera, followed closely by Exposure Compensation.
Aug 26, 2021 21:31:21 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Fear of P mode defeats more photographers than any other setting on their camera, followed closely by Exposure Compensation.
Even my very first camera bought in 1977 (a Nikon F2AS) which is a manual only camera has exposure compensation but I never used it. I hate it.
Aug 26, 2021 22:26:14 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Fear of P mode defeats more photographers than any other setting on their camera, followed closely by Exposure Compensation.
Fear of terminal embarrassment ... someone might read their exif.
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