Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sent from my iPhone Steve Barbour 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. I agree with your fundamental premise but what does "running the aperture up to where the shutter would stop the motion" mean? If you want to stop the motion just set the duration of exposure accordingly...just sayin, to keep it simple and avoid automation. Etc etc 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