Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Awful typo. I proof read and edited the text and ignored the subject line, which, of course, should be "Auto ISO". Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you. On Jul 28, 2013, at 8:58 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > I hope I'm not flogging a dead horse. I started using auto ISO on an > extended shoot this afternoon at a band concert. The auto ISO setting > decidedsettled for almost all situation to give me 1/30 sec over a range > of f stops. I was used, at a given ISO, where detailed depth of field > control was not a consideration, to just turn the aperture ring on the M9 > until I was happy with the shutter speed I saw in the viewfinder. Well, > when I got to photographing a couple dancing on the grass to the music, I > realized this was stupid, killed the Auto ISO, set the ISO at a reasonable > value and ran the aperture up to where the shutter would stop the motion. > > You can just have too damn much automation. Look at the recent plane > crash. Auto throttle--UGH! > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information