camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

First thing first, I do not own a D750. The greatest advantage of Manual Mode is that the photographer is in total control. If something goes wrong nobody is to be blamed except for the photographer himself.
Night photography calls for Manual Mode. Interior photography not necessarily so depending on how much light is available. The new cameras are doing very well when it comes to noise and it is necessary to raise the ISO.
I do a lot of Manual Mode photography, even with good daylight.

rleonetti Loc: Portland, Oregon

Back button focus and then Manual with auto ISO. That gives you complete control of Aperture and Shutter speed, with a resulting ISO you have to pay some attention too.

crbuckjr Loc: Naples FL

to D750 folks....a related question.....I'd like to set my aperture and shutter and let the camera set the ISO.......but Auto ISO isn't available in the M mode.......is there a way to do this? thanks

crbuckjr Loc: Naples FL

it looks to me that Auto ISO isn't available in the M mode......?????

BebuLamar

Yes it does. My Df is older and much fewer feature does have auto ISO in M mode.

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

It works rather well!

There are a couple of ways to make best use of it. Be sure you understand that whatever the ISO is manually set to when you enable Auto ISO will be the minimum that is automatically used. Generally that means you'll want to manually set it to ISO 100, then set the maximum value, and then enable Auto ISO.

Also be aware the Exposure Compensation, which biases the light meter reading, is the way to adjust ISO up and down. Aperture and shutter speed change the exposure and each have different artistic qualities that change, so they are set for artistic purposes and the brightness of the image is set with Auto ISO and manually adjusted with Exposure Compensation.

But then there is one more hitch... knowing when the automatic setting is out of range. If you have a minimum set to ISO 100 and the maximum set to 6400 there is some combination of blinking indicators in the viewfinder that will tell you when it would really like to set ISO to higher, and another indication for when it should be set to an ISO that is lower. Personally I can never remember exactly what they are, and never bother checking them. What I do is enable the information shown for image review to include ISO, enable automatic image review on the LCD, and then I periodically check to see what ISO is actually being used. The trick then is to initially set both the high and the low limits to one step farther than is actually acceptable. If ISO 100 acceptable and 50 is not, set 50 as the low end. If ISO 8000 is the maximum acceptable, set it at 12,800. Then when checking the image review watch to see if it hits the limit, and if so change exposure to force the ISO away from the limits that have been set.

Generally Manual Exposure mode with Auto ISO enabled is the most flexible way, in terms of creativity, to option the camera.

From Madison

This post makes me wonder if anyone has found a program they like which improves the resolution from phone photos to printable images?

BebuLamar

The Galaxy S5 has the same number of MP as my DSLR.

whitewolfowner

So many think that mega pixels is everything and it is not. So much more is involved. That's why a D610 has 24mp and a D4 has 16mp.

ptcanon3ti Loc: NJ

Auto ISO is certainly available in M mode. I use my camera that way occasionally when I'm out shooting birds and the light is constantly changing. I set the shutter speed and aperture, just as you want to do and I simply select auto iso. It's simple.

crbuckjr Loc: Naples FL

Apaflo

Very helpful. I think I get it. Thanks a lot.\

Chuck

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

But megapixels might be almost everything! The D610 can resolve 84 lp/mm, while a D4 can only resolve 68 lp/mm. That's because of the pixel count, and if you need higher resolution the D610 is better. On the other hand, the D4 can shoot at a frame rate up to 11 fps, while a D610 can only shoot at 6 fps. That's also because of the pixel count.

Frame rate, resolution, and dynamic range all derive directly from pixel count. Those account for perhaps most of the primary reasons to choose one camera model over another.

whitewolfowner

Not totally true. Pixel count is a factor, but also is the sensor, the processing done in the camera and the way it is done. Each level camera model as you go up the line, all these and more get better and better with each step. Also, the amount of information you have to work with in post processing gets better as the models improve. Film cameras basically were a box that opened and closed a shutter and controlled the aperture on the lens. Everything after that were bells and whistles. If you a Nikkormat and a Nikon F, both with the same film and the same lens and took a photo at the same time with the same shutter and exposure settings, you'd get the same image on the film from either camera. Not true with digital; for example you repeat the same test with a D3300 and a D4 in DX mode; the two files to work with would be night and day apart with the D4 file blowing the D3300 file out the water. Also, true is that the bells and whistles parts will improve too.

willdenise Loc: Tennessee

Do you know anyone using a hand held light meter with a nikon d 750 for night photo

whitewolfowner

Don't need one. Use the cameras meter and adjust from there if needed. You will find most of the time, the meter did a correct exposure.