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Subject: [Leica] Auto ISO
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:27:18 -0700
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Thanks, Nathan, for your contribution to this thread. My hubris kept me from 
fully reading the M9 manual, and I had no idea that Auto ISO existed. I will 
now read it carefully in order to understand how to set limits. 

Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204

Question authority and the authorities will question you.




On Jul 26, 2013, at 10:59 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Correction: in the second sentence, I meant APERTURE priority, of course.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
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> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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> YNWA
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> On Jul 27, 2013, at 7:21 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
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>> Steve, I have used auto ISO exclusively ever since I got my M8, almost 5 
>> years ago, on every camera. Usually in combination with exposure 
>> priority. Since getting the Fuji X-Pro 1, I have switched to setting both 
>> aperture and shutter speed and letting the ISO fall where it needs to be. 
>> The reason the Fuji made me do this is that it has no facility for 
>> setting the slowest shutter speed I will accept--it has its own default 
>> of 1/30 sec. or something like that. My other cameras allow me to set 
>> this parameter, but not the Fuji. Therefore, I started setting both. On a 
>> typical sunny day walking around, I may have the lens at f5.6 or f8 and 
>> the shutter speed at 1/500. Works well. The one disadvantage on the Fuji 
>> is that the exposure compensation does not work in manual mode.
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>> 
>> YNWA
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>> On Jul 27, 2013, at 7:12 AM, Steve Barbour wrote:
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>>> In a recent thread,  Mark Rabiner cleverly argued for a new approach to 
>>> vary exposure, that raised eyebrows, but has received support and 
>>> accolades. 
>>> 
>>> Rather than varying  f stop or time of exposure Mark pushed the idea of 
>>> varying ISO settings using  AUTO ISO. Ideal for many conditions this is 
>>> being widely used. Fast digital cameras NOW have various AUTO ISO 
>>> systems built into the program options.
>>> 
>>> I generally shoot fast glass at full aperture, in aperture priority mode.
>>> 
>>> I would like to learn more about Auto ISO mode, its use, strengths and 
>>> weaknesses, impact on the results...from Mark and other 
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>>> friends here, so please don't hesitate,
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>>> thanks, Steve
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In reply to: Message from steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Auto ISO)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Auto ISO)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Auto ISO)