I hadn't considered how to adjust exposure compensation when E-M10ii in Manual mode w Auto ISO. That may be a challenge or impossible? Arggg!
I shoot of lot of candid enviromental portraits of people. Specifically... Street photography (for fun & practice). Workers doing their jobs (paid shoots).
For enviromental portraits the background is part of the story. Sometimes the background is the most important part of the story and the person(s) are accessories to that.
Sometimes I need all the background in focus (deep DOF) which M4/3 excels at. Othertimes I need some (just enough) background in focus, but not too much (which all sensor sizes excel at).
So I need to manually control aperture.
The people in the photos are usually candids. Often they're doing a physical activity for street, fun, or work. So I need to control shutter speed.
I also need to be able to quickly adjust exposure by some means. My normal methods are exp comp dial when in aperture priority mode, or adjust shutter when in manual mode (with fixed ISO).
This is why I'd like to begin using Auto ISO (which is a skill I don't yet have). Though it sounds like this might not be possible (if I can't control exp comp).
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Decades ago I shot a lot of enthusiast photos and paid shoots using Minolta gear in Manual Mode. It was a daunting challenge to do this fast enough with candids or impatient amateur models. i.e. - difficult with non-pro human subjects.
Part of the issue was... My Minolta camera was Manual Focus. So I had to juggle aperture, shutter, and manual focus. That's a lot to deal with under time pressure.
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The E-M10ii has potentially adequate AF for my needs (after latest firmware updates) so that I might be able to trust its S-AF. If so, that would free up my mind and fingers to concentrate on aperture, shutter, exposure. i.e. - DOF, motion, exposure.
Note: Up till now I've always manually selected focus point before allowing S-AF to do the rest, or I use MF. This works great for architecure & landscapes, but is too slow for candid humans. Even a bit too slow for willing amateur models.
However, after latest E-M10ii firmware updates, maybe I can now trust S-AF to choose the focus point without my intervention. I need to test this more. So far I am finding the E-M10ii S-AF to be competant after latest firmware update(s). I am hopeful that I will no longer need to manually intervene in camera's focus decisions.
So maybe with E-M10ii using S-AF fully automated, perhaps I can handle Manual mode with manual/fixed ISO. I'll try that.
I'll also try Manual mode with Auto ISO. Hopefully I can figure out a convenient way to fine tune exp since I wouldn't have an exp comp dial in M mode.
Experimentation will be needed. I figure maybe you guys might have some advice to give me a head start. Though it sounds like maybe the E-M10ii doesn't have the ability to adj exp comp while in M with Auto ISO.
Thanks for your input!
question is how to adjust exp comp?
