Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Spot on. Exactly why I set both manually. Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad On 01-Aug-2013, at 5:35 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > It is not useless at all to have the camera on aperture priority and auto > ISO. What happens then is that as long as the light is enough to shoot > above the minimum shutter speed at the aperture you have chosen at base > ISO, the camera will use use that ISO. Once the slowest shutter speed has > been reached, the camera starts increasing ISO. And the configuration of > maximum ISO and slowest shutter speed you will accept is extremely useful, > as it allows you to decide how you wish to trade off possible camera shake > for image deterioration due to high ISO. It is the ability of the Fuji > camera to set the slowest acceptable shutter speed that has driven me (and > others) to set both aperture and shutter speed manually. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > On 1 Aug 2013, at 01:17, Herbert Kanner wrote: > >> I have to follow up on this, at least for M9 owners. Both the Leica M9 >> manual and the firmware in the camera seem to imply that Auto ISO was >> intended for use with the shutter control in A (aperture preferred >> position). This I base on the menu settings in which you can specify the >> highest acceptable ISO and the slowest acceptable shutter speed. As >> stated in a previous email, I found this configuration to be virtually >> useless. >> >> The use I did find was either not intended, or not implied by either the >> manual nor the firmware style: I set the shutter speed to 1/250 and took >> a series of shots at progressive f stops. On chimping the result, I saw >> the ISO climbing and the set of pictures looking pretty much the same. So >> for all practical purposes, it is picking "shutter speed preferred". >> >> Herbert Kanner >> kanner at acm.org >> 650-326-8204 >> >> Question authority and the authorities will question you. >> >> >> >> >> On Jul 31, 2013, at 4:06 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: >> >>> I now admit to terminal stupidity. Auto ISO makes sense on M's when a >>> shutter speed has been selected, not when Aperture Preferred is set. >>> With a chosen shutter speed, it in effect becomes "shutter speed >>> preferred". >>> >>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: > http://www.nathansmusings.eu/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information