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ISO settings, and other ramblings

Started Jun 27, 2018 | Discussions thread
eques Veteran Member • Posts: 4,115
Re: Limits of AutoISO

Trevor Carpenter wrote:

FingerPainter wrote:

eques wrote:

I set high ISO myself on my GX7, when I need fast shutter speeds in A mode for fast moving objects.

If you care about shutter speeds being fast enough to freeze subject motion, which may change from shot to shot, then why are you in A mode? Being in A mode ought to mean that you don't care what the shutter speed is.

As an aviation photographer, It's worth saying that for fast jets etc, I and virtually everybody who shoots planes shoots in A Mode. This means that you are shooting at the best aperture for your lens and that you are controlling DOF which can be very important. Ideally we want our shutter speeds as fast as achievable so we are watching constantly what the camera is selecting. If it falls below 1/1000 that may be time to up the ISO, or compromise the shutter speed or the aperture.

Shooting props or for panning we change to shutter priority because it becomes the most important parameter

I get the above mentioned problem when photographing stage scenes. Lighting changes often and abruptly, so M is no choice. So I set F2,8 on the 40-150 and ISO 1600 on the camera in A mode and hope for frozen movements.

Peter

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