Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I think maybe Mark has hit on a truly marvelous idea for digital. Auto >iso: photographer sets the shutter and aperture and the camera sets the >appropriate ISO based on users defined limits on the histogram. > >There could be real money in this. > >No, I am not being cute. How many times have we all fought to hold F1 >or F1.4 with a decent shutter speed. How many times have we wanted a >certain aperture to hold specific details in focus and exclude others >but didn't want to drag a tripod two miles up hill so we could use the >inevitable slow shutter speed. With digital, there are many fewer >compromises with higher ISO's. > >Don But Mark & Don, doesn't this already exist? Not in pro DSLR but in advanced p&s digital cameras. Any of the happy users of the Digilux cameras may check if they have this? I think so. You set in manual the diaphragm and the speed and, then, in the menu for ISO setting in AUTO mode, the camera will set the necessary ISO -of course in the range of possibilities of the camera, lets say 65-800, for an appropriate output. Tonight I'll check it but I think it works like that. I only use 64 ISO for avoiding noise and if the light is poor I use the flash. It would be a fine idea if the DSLR, including the R8 digital back, will have this feature. Felix