Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/31

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Subject: [Leica] Stupidity!I
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:17:49 -0700
References: <C57E424B-0699-469F-AB11-D8F079FB49CE@acm.org>

I have to follow up on this, at least for M9 owners. Both the Leica M9 
manual and the firmware in the camera seem to imply that Auto ISO was 
intended for use with the shutter control in A (aperture preferred 
position). This I base on the menu settings in which you can specify the 
highest acceptable ISO and the slowest acceptable shutter speed. As stated 
in a previous email, I found this configuration to be virtually useless.

The use I did find was either not intended, or not implied by either the 
manual nor the firmware style: I set the shutter speed to 1/250 and took a 
series of shots at progressive f stops. On chimping the result, I saw the 
ISO climbing and the set of pictures looking pretty much the same. So for 
all practical purposes, it is picking "shutter speed preferred". 
 
Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204

Question authority and the authorities will question you.




On Jul 31, 2013, at 4:06 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:

> I now admit to terminal stupidity. Auto ISO makes sense on M's when a 
> shutter speed has been selected, not when Aperture Preferred is set. With 
> a chosen shutter speed, it in effect becomes "shutter speed preferred".
> 
> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
> 
> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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