Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]With the auto iso function, you have to shoot in aperture priority mode when using the M8. I believe it's the same with the M9. In low light, this just isn't an option or a preference sometimes, especially using the M8 since the meter is very sensitive and letting the camera do its own thing with crazy point light sources in the background can totally botch the exposure. The M9 metering pattern is a broad oval while the M8 is a relatively well-defined strip in the middle 1/5 of the frame. Phil Forrest On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:45:42 -0400 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > You should really give the auto iso a shot its ok shooting 800 or > 1600 and you get what you get but when you look back at your shots > and realize than many of them could have been done at 200 or 400 then > it does bit in the craw. > with the auto iso you're always shooting at the minimum iso that you > get get by on every shot you do. > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > mark at rabinergroup.com > > > > > From: Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:10:09 -0400 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Chris Williams in New York; Leicas are Stacked. > > > > 2010-10-21-16:09:32 Richard Man: > >> As much as I love my M9 and also the E-3, above ISP1600 is not so > >> good. > > > > Well, yeah. ISO 1250 from the M9 is pretty reliably usable. (And I > > remember reading some test which figured out that the actual light > > sensitivity of an M8 or M9 at an indicated 1250 was about the same > > as a Canon DSLR at an indicated 1600). > > > > M9 ISO 2500 I consider firmly in "sometimes you get lucky" > > territory. > > > > The M8 at 1250 is usually pretty good in daylight, but not so good > > in warm light if you try to adjust for color temperature. The blue > > channel gets noisy first. > > > > -J > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information