Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/19

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Subject: [Leica] M8 Auto ISO instruction
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (wildlightphoto@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Sep 19 04:38:45 2008
 
Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu> wrote:

>Sorry to ask a dumb question, but why is auto ISO a big deal?
>
>I cannot think of any situation where I would not want to control the  
>ISO myself.

It's an extension of auto-exposure.  99.4% of the time I'd rather choose 
shutter speed, aperture and ISO myself, other times it's more convenient to 
nail down one or two of these three variables and let the camera choose the 
third (or second & third) according to the light conditions.