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ISO settings, and other ramblings

Started Jun 27, 2018 | Discussions thread
Dennis Forum Pro • Posts: 21,319
Auto ISO
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It seems I keep reading about people using Auto ISO, recommending for or against Auto ISO, but with no context.  Auto ISO in M mode and Auto ISO in other exposure modes are vastly different things.  Here's a post I made earlier today on this same topic:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61308035

Someone else in this thread mentioned something important that I forgot about and that's the ability to use exposure compensation - some years ago when I switched from Sony (A mount) to Nikon, I chose Nikon over Canon because, at that time, Canon's APS-C DSLRs did not allow setting exposure compensation while using Auto ISO in M mode.  My understanding is that many Panasonic models - at least past models - have this (senseless, IMO) limitation.  (Senseless, because there can't be a technical limitation beyond firmware).

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