I am not a serious shooter, mostly using a iPhone for shooting, but do have the GM5 and GX8. I have many Panasonic lenses, prime and zoom. I’ve taken the advice of many on the forum and I’m using aperture priority on my GM5. One issue I see, particularly indoors, is that it tends to default to a lower shutter speed and a lower ISO. I am vacationing next month in Italy if you have any suggestions for general settings. Should I just bump up the ISO fixed at 1600 or 3200 so I can still get decent photos inside? I live in Denver and would really appreciate your help in getting the camera set up properly for my trip.
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Help with GM5 Settings
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I assume the GM1 is similar to the GM5. In A mode auto ISO chooses the lowest shutter speed it thinks you can hold the camera still at.
If you want to avoid subject motion blur shoot in S mode with auto ISO and fix shutter speed. It will open the aperture as wide as it can before raising the ISO.
If you want to fix both aperture and shutter speed, then use M mode.
Andrew
If you want to avoid subject motion blur shoot in S mode with auto ISO and fix shutter speed. It will open the aperture as wide as it can before raising the ISO.
If you want to fix both aperture and shutter speed, then use M mode.
Andrew
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Have you tried shooting in Manual but with auto-Iso instead of aperture priority mode? You'll set the shutter speed and aperture yourself, and the camera chooses the ISO, that's usually what I use for birds, but no reason why it wouldn't work indoors as well.
Skeeterbytes
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Are you shooting static or moving subjects in low light? Are you shooting OIS lenses?
No right answer here beyond keeping the camera within GM5 performance constraints to avoid blurred and/or excessively noisy images.
Example setup with non-IS 25mm prime: S mode with shutter between 1/50-1/500, auto ISO capped at 1600 would be how I would shoot it.
With an OIS lens the shutter speed can drop whatever # of stops the lens is rated at.
Cheers,
Rick
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If you need the faster shutter speed to avoid motion blur, shoot in S mode would be the natural choice. So you can use any shutter speed for your purpose.
As I am shooting with mostly static objects, I use A mode and the decision of my camera to decide on the shutter speed and ISO (Auto ISO) would concern me.
On the ISO side, I shall test the noise condition of highest ISO to my satisfaction on every model and set it as my Ceiling setting. For the older models, e.g. GX1, I set it to ISO800. If I can use max exposure, SOOC JPG at ISO800 could be clean enough to me without NR in pp. For the newer GX7, I set it to 1600 and 3200 on GX85, G85 & GX9...
Depending on the overall ergonomic, size, weight of setup and my physical condition, normally I can handhold at 1/10" without lens OIS nor IBIS etc. However, as the older Pannys (including GMs) do not support min shutter speed, it would usually use 1/60" as the slowest shutter speed for wide to short tele lenses (would use slower shutter speed only when ceiling ISO will be hit) which could waste the 3+ stops effective stablization of the lens OIS. Therefore sometimes I would use manual ISO to force my cameras to use slower shutter speed.
As I am shooting with mostly static objects, I use A mode and the decision of my camera to decide on the shutter speed and ISO (Auto ISO) would concern me.
On the ISO side, I shall test the noise condition of highest ISO to my satisfaction on every model and set it as my Ceiling setting. For the older models, e.g. GX1, I set it to ISO800. If I can use max exposure, SOOC JPG at ISO800 could be clean enough to me without NR in pp. For the newer GX7, I set it to 1600 and 3200 on GX85, G85 & GX9...
Depending on the overall ergonomic, size, weight of setup and my physical condition, normally I can handhold at 1/10" without lens OIS nor IBIS etc. However, as the older Pannys (including GMs) do not support min shutter speed, it would usually use 1/60" as the slowest shutter speed for wide to short tele lenses (would use slower shutter speed only when ceiling ISO will be hit) which could waste the 3+ stops effective stablization of the lens OIS. Therefore sometimes I would use manual ISO to force my cameras to use slower shutter speed.
Thank you for all the replies. They were all very helpful. One last question. In the camera settings, I see the ISO limit setting, but I don't see a setting for auto ISO. Does the camera automatically default to an automatic ISO setting? If not, can someone please point out how to set the camera for auto ISO? Thanks again.
I believe I just answered my own question. It appears the auto ISO setting isn't in the camera settings, but is set from the ISO button and then a turn of the wheel on the back of the camera. Please confirm and thank you again!
windmillgolfer
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I sold my GM5, but, in any event, use A mode on all my cameras and never use Auto ISO. I just set ISO to an appropriate level to give reasonable shutter speed for the circumstances, adjusting EV compensation to tweak down highlights. For GX8 or GF7, I treat ISO800 as a max, ISO 1600 for G9 and EM1.3. Of course the aperture range of the lens in use dictates the shutter speed for any given ISO. It’s always worth putting the 20mm f1.7 in the bag for travel.
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