So Saturday I did a shoot using manual ISO. I found it to be rather inefficient, and I had to re-take several pictures due to being either too dark at low ISO or too grainy at high ISO. I did more camera-fiddlin' and less picture-takin'. I am curious as to what settings y'all typically use. Thanks!
I never done anything other then manual. I had a second shooter who used auto ISO and when when looking through his set there were shots that were set to 1600 ISO in broad daylight. The shots sucked.
So Saturday I did a shoot using manual APERTURE. I found it to be rather inefficient, and I had to re-take several pictures. I did more camera-fiddlin' and less picture-takin'. I am curious as to what settings y'all typically use. Thanks!
Personally I'd feel the same way if if it was aperture he was talking about. Saying that having to choose an ISO is too much 'camera fiddling' for a wedding shooter is, for me, mindboggling. Heck I used to shoot weddings on film for years.
bryanlindsey, it sounds like you're doing manual everything else if you're pics are coming out too light or too dark. I voted for Manual ISO, because I want sharp photos and usually have a steady enough hand to do the slower shutters if necessary. I do shoot in Aperture mode though, so the camera picks the shutter speed for me.
well my style is using off camera and on camera flash, no TTL, so auto ISO for me would be horrendous...once i get my lights set at a reception, i rarely have to change anything, but maybe reach up and turn the flash power down on my on-camera flash if subjects move in too close...but typically i can just reach up and shield the front of my flash diffuser with like two fingers and it keeps things from getting blown out...the technique isn't really perfected yet, as i still have to shoot higher ISO's than i want due to not so powerful strobes, and not so fast lenses....but i'll never shoot auto anything....unless i'm shooting no strobes, then it's AV all the way, with manual ISO.
I shoot with 2 5Ds, so I've never had the option of auto ISO. That said, I change my ISO maybe twice during the entire day. Except maybe during sunset when I may change very often.
I never worry about grain, either. It seems that even at 3200 ISO, the shots are fairly crisp.
Beni wrote:
Saying that having to choose an ISO is too much 'camera fiddling' for a wedding shooter is, for me, mindboggling. Heck I used to shoot weddings on film for years.
I'm confused. Once you load a roll, changing ISO is no longer part of the equation. So...there would be less camera fiddlin' while shooting film.
And who said it was "too much?" The purpose of my question is to determine whether I need to take on this learning curve now or not. In the past I've often used auto ISO with a max of 800. Trying something new...
Let me add that I determine what I want my minimum shutter speed to be in the darkest current conditions (unless I have to use 3200 ISO), and then I choose the ISO from there. So even if it's bright and I could use ISO 100, if I'll need it at ISO 400 for just a few shots, I'll keep it at ISO 400 and shoot that shutter speed up for the shots that are brighter. Seems a LOT easier to keep it at the higher ISO and fiddle with it less.
