ISO Settings

[wda]

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14 minutes ago, jaapv said:

Don't trust the thing too much - that is an old Selenium meter - it is unlikely to be anywhere near accurate, if it is still working.

I believe the cells can still be replaced by an independent repairer. But I see no need to use such a meter with the CL.

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[Le Chef]

I guess I was just going a bit steam punk on the light meter!

[geoffreyg]

Always set the ISO. Look at the three together - shutter speed, f stop and ISO, and make the choices. Usually 400 in daylight, 1600 in dark, 800 if I can get away with it. Only 3200 in must-have situations. Keep it simple rule in effect. 

 

[caigy]

Aperture priority and ISO 100 90% of the time, until shutter speed drops too low for steady handholding.  I want to preserve the dynamic range ability of the sensor, which is always best at base ISO.

On rare occasions when I need higher ISO, I will try setting to 400 or 800 to get shutter speed up a bit. 

Once in a great while I will use Auto ISO (with upper limit of 6400) but usually only in very dim conditions, which mostly means at night.  I've found that quality is actually pretty decent up to 6400, but I don't like the camera's algorithm, which under Auto ISO will push it up there much sooner than I would prefer.

[colonel]

I used to always set ISO manually, thinking auto-ISO was the work of the devil ;;;

But recently I have been using it on all my cameras.

Basically you need to think what your objective is. Mine is sharpness and focus.

The sensors are so good now that up to 1600 on most cameras, 3200 on most APS-C and 6400 on most FF is acceptable

On the CL I set maximum ISO is 6400 on any lens above f2. On the 23mm f2 and 35mm f1.4 I normally set it at 3200

The key issue is that the lowest speed depends on what I am shooting. I prefer a minimum of 1/160 when doing street during the day, unless I want to blur people's movement. For night shooting I tend to use 1/3fl or 1/4fl

On aperture priority and auto-ISO, all I need to think about is the framing, focus and aperture. Perfect !!

[mikbau]

On 11/18/2019 at 2:21 AM, M10 for me said:

That is somehow difficult to understand. Mainly in dim light I change to Auto (with the M though) unless I have the camera on the tripod and take my time to set all variables. Normally I have no tripod.

Well, frankly, I don't use any auto settings - including ISO. I never have. I prefer to have full control (and yes, I know you can set the max ISO) - it's just not how I shoot