Auto vs maual ISO for E20

Is it my imagination or am I going crazy. Been playing around with my E20 (with flash ON) and found that I had better luck with image quality when I set the ISO manually on 160 and used A priority, rather than leave the Auto ISO on and let the P mode do the work. My E20 has produced some great portait studio shots but felt its point and shoot cappabilities where questionable (birthday partys etc..)in the fully automatic mode. Any feedback would be appreciated...thanks

As many other posts have said in the past - P mode is to be avoided like the plague! The ensuing shutter speed is set too low.

For best results stick to A or M mode, with ISO set on 100 and make sure that the shutter speed is high enough to avoid camera shake. Results can be good with higher ISO settings but noise then creeps in.

Hope this helps.

Jay Patrick said:

Is it my imagination or am I going crazy. Been playing around with
my E20 (with flash ON) and found that I had better luck with image
quality when I set the ISO manually on 160 and used A priority,
rather than leave the Auto ISO on and let the P mode do the work.
My E20 has produced some great portait studio shots but felt its
point and shoot cappabilities where questionable (birthday partys
etc..)in the fully automatic mode. Any feedback would be
appreciated...thanks

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I suspsect Rich meant ISO 80 (since the E-xx's don't have ISO 100). Auto ISO serves to sometimes boost the ISO from 80 to 160 only in conjunction with use of the flash when required to maintain a minimum shutter speed to supposedly avoid significant camera shake. As many have noted, that speed is set to low. Best to set your own ISO and to ensure an adequate shutter speed whether in S, A or M mode. P mode, if you ever use it, is best when outdoors in well lit conditions. I find, in any case, that I never use P mode.

Rich Simpson UK said:

For best results stick to A or M mode, with ISO set on 100 and make
sure that the shutter speed is high enough to avoid camera shake.
Results can be good with higher ISO settings but noise then creeps
in.

Hope this helps.

Jay Patrick said:

Is it my imagination or am I going crazy. Been playing around with
my E20 (with flash ON) and found that I had better luck with image
quality when I set the ISO manually on 160 and used A priority,
rather than leave the Auto ISO on and let the P mode do the work.
My E20 has produced some great portait studio shots but felt its
point and shoot cappabilities where questionable (birthday partys
etc..)in the fully automatic mode. Any feedback would be
appreciated...thanks

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Kind regards,

Rich Simpson
CP 950, 995, 5000
Olympus E100RS E20P FL-40 TCON-14B WCON-08 TCON300 MCON

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I've found ISO settings a rather useless feature on the E20. The higher settings (160, 320) will produce certain amounts of noise, so I have for as long as I can remember always just set ISO manually on 80 and leave it there and adjust exposure otherwise suitably.

Some have gotten quite nice results from the higher ISO, even 320, but I personally don't bother with it.

Garry Schaefer said:

Rich Simpson UK said:

For best results stick to A or M mode, with ISO set on 100 and make
sure that the shutter speed is high enough to avoid camera shake.
Results can be good with higher ISO settings but noise then creeps
in.

Hope this helps.

Jay Patrick said:

Is it my imagination or am I going crazy. Been playing around with
my E20 (with flash ON) and found that I had better luck with image
quality when I set the ISO manually on 160 and used A priority,
rather than leave the Auto ISO on and let the P mode do the work.
My E20 has produced some great portait studio shots but felt its
point and shoot cappabilities where questionable (birthday partys
etc..)in the fully automatic mode. Any feedback would be
appreciated...thanks

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Kind regards,

Rich Simpson
CP 950, 995, 5000
Olympus E100RS E20P FL-40 TCON-14B WCON-08 TCON300 MCON

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Garry

Garry's Page: http://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~gschaef

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David M. said:

I've found ISO settings a rather useless feature on the E20. The
higher settings (160, 320) will produce certain amounts of noise,
so I have for as long as I can remember always just set ISO
manually on 80 and leave it there and adjust exposure otherwise
suitably.

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Me too. I've pretty much developed a mindset that my E-20 only has an 80 ISO. Under some very rare circumstances, I've used 160.

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markE said:

Me too. I've pretty much developed a mindset that my E-20 only has
an 80 ISO. Under some very rare circumstances, I've used 160.

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