Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Herbert, The simple way out is to go to manual exposure mode, set the shutter speed and aperture and let the ISO fall where it may. Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad On 29-Jul-2013, at 9:28 AM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > I hope I'm not flogging a dead horse. I started using auto ISO on an > extended shoot this afternoon at a band concert. The auto ISO setting > decidedsettled for almost all situation to give me 1/30 sec over a range > of f stops. I was used, at a given ISO, where detailed depth of field > control was not a consideration, to just turn the aperture ring on the M9 > until I was happy with the shutter speed I saw in the viewfinder. Well, > when I got to photographing a couple dancing on the grass to the music, I > realized this was stupid, killed the Auto ISO, set the ISO at a reasonable > value and ran the aperture up to where the shutter would stop the motion. > > You can just have too damn much automation. Look at the recent plane > crash. Auto throttle--UGH! > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information