Upgraded to Canon 60D

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Hi all
I've just upgraded my trusty 350D to the new 60D. Haven't had much of a chance to play much, but there's obviously a lot more to the new body and I'm loving it so far!
My question is... Does anyone have any tips or advice for getting the most out of the new body whilst I'm getting used to it (eg the 350D obviously didn't have the ISO - A setting when in Av or Tv modes - worth using this setting or not?).
Also - SD cards. Only ever use SanDisk or is it worth considering the alternatives?
Anything along these lines would be appreciated.
Many thanks
Jim
 
I hope you love your 60d as much as I love mine.

The auto ISO is quite accurate but you are far better selecting the ISO setting yourself.

I stick with ScanDisc and buy from Amazon as there are deals nearly everyday.

Andy
 
For SD cards, I use a Transcend 8GB SDHC Class 10, never had a problem with it, they are only £8.80 delivered, from Amazon.
 
Never used auto ISO, I think when you are comfy with settings and how the work/what they do then you probably won't either.

Get some good glass for the 60D. The overall handling is much nice, espeically in manual.
 
The beauty of auto ISO is that it's one less thing to get in the way of taking a shot as in changing conditions you can just set the aperture and / or shutter and let the ISO float up and down and shoot away. I think it's a great feature.
 
Agree but get used to paying attention to the shutter speed via the viewfinder when taking a shot and in AV mode you shouldnt need auto ISO (IMO). Ok handy to have but I've personally never needed it.
 
It's ok knowing what your settings are but when shooting hand held there's a limit to how low you can let your shutter speed drop and still expect to get a usable shot.

You can manually set the ISO for each shot but that takes time and could involve pressing a button and turning a dial, possibly a more complex and distracting process than changing the aperture or shutter speed (which might not fix your exposure problem anyway) and one that could very well involve you taking your eye from the viewfinder, as well as costing you time.

Another approach is to simply select a high ISO to begin with and let the aperture or shutter float but with auto ISO you avoid setting a high value for every shot and can shoot at the lowest value depending upon the lighting.

Being able to change the ISO from one shot to the next must be one of the biggest advantages of digital photography. I like to use the lowest possible ISO and auto ISO is a great way of ensuring that I do... in changing conditions when I might run out of aperture and shutter speed options. I can't use it on my DSLR as it hasn't got it but I find it a great feature on my MFT.

Sorry I can't help with any other 60D features but I'd deffo give auto ISO a try as it might come in very useful.
 
I only ever use auto ISO when shooting video. That way I can set the correct shutter speed (1/15 or 1/30s for 1080p and 720p, respectively) and a reasonably deep DoF (normally f11) and let the metering use the ISO to control exposure.
 
Slightly off topic but in the region of ISO. The one thing that I missed when going from 550D to 7D was that the 550D had an ability to set max allowable ISO in auto (ie set max at 1000 and this was the max it would ever float to).
Auto ISO is great but this was a really cool addition.

Really nice feature that was.
 
PCPhil said:
Slightly off topic but in the region of ISO. The one thing that I missed when going from 550D to 7D was that the 550D had an ability to set max allowable ISO in auto (ie set max at 1000 and this was the max it would ever float to).
Auto ISO is great but this was a really cool addition.

Really nice feature that was.
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that is on the 60d and i find it very useful
 
The one thing that I missed when going from 550D to 7D was that the 550D had an ability to set max allowable ISO in auto
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My daughter has the 550D and must agree that is a really useful feature, hope they continue to incorporate that in future models

Might even get a 60D one day, more than likely the current model will be the 80D by then though. :)
 
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