I would never use auto iso. I think I put it in auto by accident once because I wanted to go to 100, which I thought was the lowest. So just turned the dial left thinking it would just stop at 100 but, auto is one click lower than 100. I looked at the picture and was like, "WTF" Took me a few seconds to figure it out.
Auto ISO is a newer feature in my world and it only gets used when my wife uses one of the cameras. She knows what ISO is and how to change it, but she likes to just mostly point and shoot so it makes it a lot easier. Me personally I have never used it for all the reasons stated. I also only use "real" iso settings like 100,200,400 etc I never use the in between settings. It's just what I'm used to lol.
Sam Hassas wrote:
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.
+1 What he said...
I'm not sure I even know how to turn the auto-ISO on. Don't you have to use Av or Tv mode to use it? I only shoot in M so I didn't think it was even available.
Well I think auto ISO does have some benefit especially if you have a Nikon that can set min shutter speeds and also have a bracket of min/max iso you can use. On the 5D during receptions I have no problem shooting 100-1600 iso. Saying this I'm not sure if I would use it if I had it but I would definitely consider it.
Its like everything else that has evolved from a technology stand point. I'm sure some shooters out there consider AV or TV or ttl too much auto and not ok to use.
At the end of the day if it helps you in some way and you are achieving the results you want why not?
What boggles my mind is how they implemented the iso feature into our 5D2. To automatically select 1/focal length is crazy when you are shooting wide... Am I honestly going to use it when selects a shutter speed of 1/25 on a 24mm.... Like come on....
Auto most of the time - with ISO limits and minimal shutter speed set manualy (Nikon D700). It saves a LOT of time. I miss auto ISO implementation by Pentax - it could determine the "safe" shutter speed by the focal length used.
If there is no possibility to set the limits and minimal shutter speed fast - then auto ISO is useless and manual should be used. But I like how it functions in D700 - I just forget sometimes to change the shutter speed after changing the lens...
Mr.Malik - fools are affraid of what they don't know...
what is auto ISO
nough said
anyway if it works for you then who cares everyone does it different
just cause people give you a hard time here doesnt mean anything do what you gotta do to get the results that people pay you for
doug
Leo - Zoom wrote:
Auto most of the time - with ISO limits and minimal shutter speed set manualy (Nikon D700). It saves a LOT of time. I miss auto ISO implementation by Pentax - it could determine the "safe" shutter speed by the focal length used.
If there is no possibility to set the limits and minimal shutter speed fast - then auto ISO is useless and manual should be used. But I like how it functions in D700 - I just forget sometimes to change the shutter speed after changing the lens...
Mr.Malik - fools are affraid of what they don't know...
I think Pentax has the right idea in the implementation of the Auto-ISO feature. That's 1 of 2 things I miss in switching to Canon (in-body stabilization being the other). Pentax allows you to set shutter speed and aperture independently, the camera chose ISO based on the speed/aperture selected. It wasn't a true Tv or Av mode, but something called TAv. Bettet yet, you can set the ISO range wherever you wanted it between 100 and 6400. The problem with the K20D was anything beyond 1600 was really noisy and 800 wasn't that good either, hence the switch to Canon. If that body handles noise and low light focus better, I'd have never switched.
maxwell1295 wrote:
I think Pentax has the right idea in the implementation of the Auto-ISO feature. That's 1 of 2 things I miss in switching to Canon (in-body stabilization being the other). Pentax allows you to set shutter speed and aperture independently, the camera chose ISO based on the speed/aperture selected. It wasn't a true Tv or Av mode, but something called TAv. Bettet yet, you can set the ISO range wherever you wanted it between 100 and 6400. The problem with the K20D was anything beyond 1600 was really noisy and 800 wasn't that good either, hence the switch to Canon. If that body handles noise and low light focus better, I'd have never switched....Show more →
+1
Not that i would use it all the time ....
but if there is Av, Tv - where is my ISOv.
Why are so many people asking about ISO? It's not that complicated - usually you want to keep it as low as you can while keeping the aperture and shutter speed required...
Kurtis, this is not some P-mode thing where the camera makes arbitrary settings. It works and works extremely well because you pretty much control how it works. You control the ISO range and you have total control over aperture and shutter speed. If you don't like high ISO files, no problem because you set the range. If you want 100-400 not a problem. If you want 800-3200 not a problem either. With many of today's cameras, high ISO noise is not an issue anyway. I've seen some really clean ISO1600 and ISO3200 images. I'm sure most 5D2 users have no problem shooting at 3200 if need be. I'd just leave it at 100-3200 and only go higher if I absolutely needed it.
Shooting with the 5D, I find myself constantly switching ISO as the lighting conditions change. Call me lazy, but I hate changing aperture, finding the shutter speed to slow and then having to press buttons and whatnot to change ISO to a suitable level. It would be nice to not have to worry about anything other than shutter speed and aperture.
The Pentax Auto-ISO or TAv mode or Hyper-manual mode (or whatever you want to call it) flat out works like it's supposed to. One dial for aperture and another dial for shutter speed. I could maintain a constant shutter speed and change aperture for DOF as needed....without having to change the ISO. I could also set the shutter speed as needed, while maintaining a constant aperture. ISO would change as it needed to automatically. Since this is a program mode, I also had control over EV compensation. The most important thing is that it would only raise ISO if it needed to.....and it would do it exactly the way I would do it.
Like I said, I just haven't tested the AutoISO thing (it is fairly new, after all). I don't really mind changing the ISO that much myself anyways, though.
" Took me a few seconds to figure it out.