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Subject: [Leica] Auto ISO
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 07:59:26 +0200
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Correction: in the second sentence, I meant APERTURE priority, of course.

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









On Jul 27, 2013, at 7:21 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> 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.
> 
> 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:
> 
>> 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 
>> 
>> friends here, so please don't hesitate,
>> 
>> 
>> thanks, Steve
>> 
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Replies: Reply from kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner) ([Leica] Auto ISO)
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