Hey folks, the age old question... does anyone use Auto-ISO for their daily photography?
I mostly shoot in A mode or S and manual ISO but as I say nervous to use Auto. I can set max on my D810 also. do you guys mean that changeable conditions for like outside when the sun peaks is head in and out?
Have a think about this.
What are the alternatives?
You keep a low max ISO and get clean blurry shots?
The reality is that you're well aware when you're in the dark and make an artistic choice re adding your own light.
If you're using A, your camera can be set to a minimum SS and you can get on with the important stuff.
I only pick the ISO on my 6d's when I'm shooting primarily with flash. Otherwise It's just something I don't need to worry about.
I'm guessing from this you're trying M with auto ISO.I'm just learning at the moment and I'm basically trying to learn with manual iso. When I set it at auto, the camera was putting it up high to counteract my poor choices with the other settings..resulting in rubbish photos . in other words I wasn't really learning properly. Once I start to get a better understanding, then I will almost certainly be moving to auto iso as all reports suggest that cameras do quite a good job of It!
Thanks guys, I have a little family shoot this weekend and think I will give it a go (my family). Seems to be the way forward once you set your min shutter and max iso. What would you guys class as the max ISO you would go on the likes of the D810?
1600 is my personal limit for the D810... above that I switch to the D5.Thanks guys, I have a little family shoot this weekend and think I will give it a go (my family). Seems to be the way forward once you set your min shutter and max iso. What would you guys class as the max ISO you would go on the likes of the D810?
1600 is my personal limit for the D810... above that I switch to the D5.
With auto ISO the behaviors are a bit different in the different modes:
In manual ISO will be set to whatever makes the meter happy (if w/in limits set), once it reaches the min/max setting it will over/underexpose.
In S(Tv) ISO will be kept at minimum until the aperture is maxed out, as light decreases ISO will increase to(towards) the max setting, and then it will underexpose... I don't like this behavior and I never use this mode.
In A(Av) ISO will be set to maintain your minimum SS, if there is more light ISO will be at the minimum setting and SS increases. If there is not enough light the ISO will reach the max setting and the SS will decrease *below* the min setting, but it will not over/underexpose.
Irregardless of which mode you are in, if you do not like what is happening you change the setting(s) you have immediate control over... if the meter/metering is "wrong" you dial in EC (with the D810 you can enable "easy EC" which places EC on the unused dial, no need to find/push the button).
You probably can, it's all down to personal taste.Thanks for the tips and info, only 1600? hmm... was thinking I might get away with a bit more or rather I was hoping for lol.
Thanks for the tips and info, only 1600? hmm... was thinking I might get away with a bit more or rather I was hoping for lol.
I use auto iso on my 810 about 95% of the time too. Mine is always in A and usually set to a pre configured minimum shutter speed of 1/640s which is where I've found I get consistently sharp results. I drop the shutter speed down a bit if I'm using wider than 80mm. I have had no issue with mine getting up to 12800, just make sure to expose correctly so that no lifting of shadows is required. I have no qualms with luminance noise though as I'm used to film grain. I do absolutely no luma noise reduction, only chroma.
This is 11400, I see no reason to complain, even viewing at 100%.
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does anyone use Auto-ISO for their daily photography? Particularly in question family/wedding photographs?
It does....I would have thought the D810 would have auto minimum ss in the auto ISO menu to keep it in line with focal length as my D5200 even has that option.
Depends on output/use... I would use it up to around 6400 for smaller output sizes. It's just that I have another camera that's better suited to high ISO.Thanks for the tips and info, only 1600? hmm... was thinking I might get away with a bit more or rather I was hoping for lol.
Whatever gets the shot.Thanks guys, I have a little family shoot this weekend and think I will give it a go (my family). Seems to be the way forward once you set your min shutter and max iso. What would you guys class as the max ISO you would go on the likes of the D810?
I never used to use it apart from on some older nikons where it worked extremely well ,but moving back to canon I never found the need ,but since acquiring a 1D4 and using it in conjunction with my sigma 150-600 sport ,I have found the best way to use that combo is in manual with auto ISO ,I now just set the speed or aperture to suit the shot and let the camera do the work with the confidence that even very high ISO shots still clean up reasonably well ,but at least there all sharp and perfectly exposed .
It's possible only on a few Canons.Do Canon now allow exposure comp shooting like that? Always thought they were shooting themselves in the foot vs Nikon by not facilitating that in the past but assume it's now allowed?