Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Hey Mark. I'll give it a try on my D2X. I can set my ISO to step in > 1/3 stop increments. That's a pretty fine adjustment. My concern was > on a camera like the M8 which has ISO adjustments in full stops only. > Also the noise performance is not as good as I like at the higher > settings. Since I can hand hold wide angle lenses down to 1/15 sec on > any M camera, I prefer to try that rather then have the camera bump > up the ISO to something above ISO 640 (1280 ?). The Nikon is between > 100 and 800. As I mentioned I probably wouldn't have a problem with > the Canon 5D or the two new Nikons when they come out. > > Len > Auto settings tend to fill in the cracks. You might have half or third stop settings by hand but on an A setting gives you 126th of a second at f5.7. That's one of the things I first liked about auto settings. A kind of thrilling precision.. I shot full manual for a decade before I had any A setting. The first A setting I ever used was the color modes on a Vivitar 283 flash. I could not believe I'd be so low as to do this. But I saw all kinds of top pros whose shoes I was not entitled to tie (or lick) doing it. So I figured I'd give it the old college try. It sure worked. And that was before TTL flash! Auto ISO would not be firmware upgrade for the M8 I don't think. That would be in the too good to be true category would be my bet. I think when they take the bugs out of the M8 so there is no longer a thing with the filters they'll call it something different. An M8db for dee bugged. No, an M8.5 Maybe not Mark William Rabiner markrabiner.com