ISO settings, and other ramblings

Dennis wrote:

Humansvillian wrote:

And while I've owned many cameras, Olympus makes my ramblings just a little easier, thanks to all the automatic settings, like Auto ISO in all modes, if you select it.

And that's a blessing, you know?

It's good that Olympus lets you do everything you want - and I agree that you should be able to do whatever you want with one. But they've never been accused of making anything easy. I don't know why it's beneficial to have the option you mention. With Sony and Fuji cameras, Auto is just another available ISO setting - you set Auto ISO as easily as ISO 400, regardless of which exposure mode you're using. (Sony took a little time getting around to implementing Auto ISO in M, so that doesn't apply to older bodies). Pentax' implementation is kind of neat, too - "Shutter and aperture priority mode (TAv)" is basically Auto ISO in M, but makes it clear to the user that it exists to let you set shutter speed and aperture while the camera varies the ISO as needed.

- Dennis
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Olympus just makes Micro Four Thirds cameras using the Olympus system.

When I got my first PL1, I didn't know what ISO was.

But I know the first picture my little Olympus camera ever took, really pleased me.

Olympus PL1 straight from the box

And because it pleased me so much, I started looking on the internet for how to use it, and I found the Olympus site, and downloaded a manual for it,  and then I found Digital Photography review and joined it, and then I met a man from down under named Guy Parsons, who had this web page about PL1 cameras, and other cameras, too, and then I found a book called "Olympus E-PL1 for Dummies" by Julia Adair King, and to be rather honest, I don't know where I learned what Auto ISO was.

But I can sure find it, in the gear menu for ISO, in my latest wonderful Olympus OMD M5 II and I have nine devoted MFT lenses for it, and I've still kept my PL1, and a PM2, and a couple of OMD M10's, and every one of those blessed things have exactly the same menu system and are just better, the newer and fancier and more money they cost.

I even bought a new iPhone, just to download my pictures on.

iPhone 6S+

I'm sure hooked on Olympus cameras, yes sir, I am.

And maybe, Guy Parsons is to blame.