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25 May 13
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23 Jul 11
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No longer do we set ISOs manually.
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14 Aug 10
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Auto ISO, like automated exposure, is the way we shoot today. Screwing with manual ISO adjustments is as pointless as I was 20 years ago jacking around with manual shutter settings on my Nikons.
All or most compact digital cameras have had auto ISO settings as defaults for years.
Nikon DSLRs have had this since the D70 of February, 2004. Today they all have programmable Auto ISO. I always use this.
Auto ISO is deactivated by default in most SLR cameras, except in the green and dummy modes. I always find Auto ISO and turn it on.
The Nikon DSLRs even let you program the Auto ISO to exactly how you would like them to work as the light changes.
On my Nikons, you go to MENU > Custom Setting Menu (pencil) > ISO Auto and turn it on. You tell it the lowest shutter speed at which you can get a sharp shot (default is 1/30).
In Auto ISO, the camera cranks up the ISO as it gets darker from the speed you set. In other words, if you're set to ISO 200 and it gets dark enough to need 1/15 of a second, the camera magically will set ISO 400 and 1/30 of a second. In the old days I had to tweak the ISO as the subject or light changed. After the ISO hits the top ISO as it gets darker, usually ISO 1,600, only then does the camera use slower speeds than what you selected in the Auto ISO menu.
Newer Nikons, like the D200 and D80, even let you select the maximum ISO you wish to permit. By default, this is ISO 1,600. If you'd rather the Auto ISO function stop at a lower ISO, tell the camera so in the same menu.
Auto ISO starts at the ISO you have set on-camera, and goes up to the maximum you've allowed in the menu (ISO 1600 on D70) as it gets darker.
Auto ISO will also drop the ISO if you have the camera set to a high ISO and it gets too bright for conditions
One defect still in the Nikons is that once set, they stay on Auto ISO, even if you revert to manual exposure mode. This drives me crazy, since the camera starts jerking around the ISO to do what the meter says, even though the reason you went to manual was to lock in one exposure. Nikons should give us an additional menu option to defeat Auto ISO in manual mode, which would save us steps disabling Auto ISO when we go to manual exposure mode.
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Auto ISO, like automated exposure, is the way we shoot today. Screwing with manual ISO adjustments is as pointless as I was 20 years ago jacking around with manual shutter settings on my Nikons.
All or most compact digital cameras have had auto ISO settings as defaults for years.
Nikon DSLRs have had this since the D70 of February, 2004. Today they all have programmable Auto ISO. I always use this.
Auto ISO is deactivated by default in most SLR cameras, except in the green and dummy modes. I always find Auto ISO and turn it on.
The Nikon DSLRs even let you program the Auto ISO to exactly how you would like them to work as the light changes.
On my Nikons, you go to MENU > Custom Setting Menu (pencil) > ISO Auto and turn it on. You tell it the lowest shutter speed at which you can get a sharp shot (default is 1/30).
In Auto ISO, the camera cranks up the ISO as it gets darker from the speed you set. In other words, if you're set to ISO 200 and it gets dark enough to need 1/15 of a second, the camera magically will set ISO 400 and 1/30 of a second. In the old days I had to tweak the ISO as the subject or light changed. After the ISO hits the top ISO as it gets darker, usually ISO 1,600, only then does the camera use slower speeds than what you selected in the Auto ISO menu.
Newer Nikons, like the D200 and D80, even let you select the maximum ISO you wish to permit. By default, this is ISO 1,600. If you'd rather the Auto ISO function stop at a lower ISO, tell the camera so in the same menu.
Auto ISO starts at the ISO you have set on-camera, and goes up to the maximum you've allowed in the menu (ISO 1600 on D70) as it gets darker.
Auto ISO will also drop the ISO if you have the camera set to a high ISO and it gets too bright for conditions
One defect still in the Nikons is that once set, they stay on Auto ISO, even if you revert to manual exposure mode. This drives me crazy, since the camera starts jerking around the ISO to do what the meter says, even though the reason you went to manual was to lock in one exposure. Nikons should give us an additional menu option to defeat Auto ISO in manual mode, which would save us steps disabling Auto ISO when we go to manual exposure mode.
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Auto ISO, like automated exposure, is the way we shoot today. Screwing with manual ISO adjustments is as pointless as I was 20 years ago jacking around with manual shutter settings on my Nikons.
All or most compact digital cameras have had auto ISO settings as defaults for years.
Nikon DSLRs have had this since the D70 of February, 2004. Today they all have programmable Auto ISO. I always use this.
Auto ISO is deactivated by default in most SLR cameras, except in the green and dummy modes. I always find Auto ISO and turn it on.
The Nikon DSLRs even let you program the Auto ISO to exactly how you would like them to work as the light changes.
On my Nikons, you go to MENU > Custom Setting Menu (pencil) > ISO Auto and turn it on. You tell it the lowest shutter speed at which you can get a sharp shot (default is 1/30).
In Auto ISO, the camera cranks up the ISO as it gets darker from the speed you set. In other words, if you're set to ISO 200 and it gets dark enough to need 1/15 of a second, the camera magically will set ISO 400 and 1/30 of a second. In the old days I had to tweak the ISO as the subject or light changed. After the ISO hits the top ISO as it gets darker, usually ISO 1,600, only then does the camera use slower speeds than what you selected in the Auto ISO menu.
Newer Nikons, like the D200 and D80, even let you select the maximum ISO you wish to permit. By default, this is ISO 1,600. If you'd rather the Auto ISO function stop at a lower ISO, tell the camera so in the same menu.
Auto ISO starts at the ISO you have set on-camera, and goes up to the maximum you've allowed in the menu (ISO 1600 on D70) as it gets darker.
Auto ISO will also drop the ISO if you have the camera set to a high ISO and it gets too bright for conditions
One defect still in the Nikons is that once set, they stay on Auto ISO, even if you revert to manual exposure mode. This drives me crazy, since the camera starts jerking around the ISO to do what the meter says, even though the reason you went to manual was to lock in one exposure. Nikons should give us an additional menu option to defeat Auto ISO in manual mode, which would save us steps disabling Auto ISO when we go to manual exposure mode.
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Auto ISO, like automated exposure, is the way we shoot today. Screwing with manual ISO adjustments is as pointless as I was 20 years ago jacking around with manual shutter settings on my Nikons.
All or most compact digital cameras have had auto ISO settings as defaults for years.
Nikon DSLRs have had this since the D70 of February, 2004. Today they all have programmable Auto ISO. I always use this.
Auto ISO is deactivated by default in most SLR cameras, except in the green and dummy modes. I always find Auto ISO and turn it on.
The Nikon DSLRs even let you program the Auto ISO to exactly how you would like them to work as the light changes.
On my Nikons, you go to MENU > Custom Setting Menu (pencil) > ISO Auto and turn it on. You tell it the lowest shutter speed at which you can get a sharp shot (default is 1/30).
In Auto ISO, the camera cranks up the ISO as it gets darker from the speed you set. In other words, if you're set to ISO 200 and it gets dark enough to need 1/15 of a second, the camera magically will set ISO 400 and 1/30 of a second. In the old days I had to tweak the ISO as the subject or light changed. After the ISO hits the top ISO as it gets darker, usually ISO 1,600, only then does the camera use slower speeds than what you selected in the Auto ISO menu.
Newer Nikons, like the D200 and D80, even let you select the maximum ISO you wish to permit. By default, this is ISO 1,600. If you'd rather the Auto ISO function stop at a lower ISO, tell the camera so in the same menu.
Auto ISO starts at the ISO you have set on-camera, and goes up to the maximum you've allowed in the menu (ISO 1600 on D70) as it gets darker.
Auto ISO will also drop the ISO if you have the camera set to a high ISO and it gets too bright for conditions
One defect still in the Nikons is that once set, they stay on Auto ISO, even if you revert to manual exposure mode. This drives me crazy, since the camera starts jerking around the ISO to do what the meter says, even though the reason you went to manual was to lock in one exposure. Nikons should give us an additional menu option to defeat Auto ISO in manual mode, which would save us steps disabling Auto ISO when we go to manual exposure mode.
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19 Jun 09
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Photographic technique is a continuous process of shooting, analysis, and then applying that new knowledge to the next shot.
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I've been doing this for 40 years, and learn new tricks all the time because I'm paying attention.
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like driving a car, you always have to apply intelligent corrections to get perfect exposure, just as even the best cars need a driver to keep them in-lane
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Modern exposure technique is optimizing the exposure compensation as needed, not setting exposure manually
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The actual amount of compensation needed or used is irrelevant
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What is important is how consistently you can use the same setting over a broad range of conditions
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the automation does the same thing I was doing, just faster and better.
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04 Dec 06
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