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In praise of the RF 35 and high ISO on the R

Started Feb 20, 2021 | Discussions thread
Alastair Norcross
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Re: In praise of the RF 35 and high ISO on the R

thunder storm wrote:

Acceptable results at higher ISO is the full frame advantage. With my M50 I had to work really hard sometimes to get a good exposure. With the R I'm getting lazy. There's 1/8000th and a drop in ND-filter on one side of the spectrum, and ISO 1250 on the other. That's a huge margin in AV-mode, and on top of that there's a minimum shutter speed to save your butt if you forget watching the shutter speed.

Full frame is for amateurs, it's aps-c requiring a skilled photographer.

LOL. But now you have the M6II, you have a couple of those things on APS-C too. The M6II auto ISO has the same minimum shutter speed implementation as the R (and the 7DII). And you can actually use a faster shutter speed on the M6II with e-shutter than on the R. I have used 1/12800 a couple of times to allow me to shoot at F1.4 in bright light. I was surprised to discover that the R tops out at 1/8000 in e-shutter.

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