[Leica] Re: Auto ISO

[cummer at netvigator.com (Howard Cummer)]

On Friday, Apr 30, 2004, at 05:08 Asia/Hong_Kong, 
lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:

> Message: 14
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 15:15:23 EDT
> From: SonC@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: Mark Rabinor and his wonderful new exposure
> 	mode
> In the Panasonic Lika Leica LC5, the only auto ISO is in Program and 
> auto
> modes, and there, you cannot set the  diaphragm and speed.  I  presume 
> it is the
> same in the Digilux 1.
> Sonny
> Felix wrote:
>
> 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

Hi Luggers,
Auto ISO in the LC1 (instruction book in hand) adjusts between ISO 100 
and ISO 200. There is no mention of what program the camera should be 
set in. I presume the digilux 2 is the same. My Canon 1D MkII doesn't 
have auto ISO but my daughter's Nikon D70 does. Again from the 
instruction book "If optimal exposure and flash level can not be 
achieved at  sensitivity selected by user, sensitivity is adjusted to 
compensate, to minimum approximately equivalent to ISO 200 and a 
maximum approximately equivalent to ISO 1600, ISO AUTO icon is 
displayed in control panel and view finder; icon blinks when 
sensitivity is altered from value selected by user." This also works in 
Manual , shutter preferred and aperture preferred and program mode - 
page 142 of the D70 manual. I expect that Mark's D100 has a similar 
feature.
Cheers
Howard