With the d7000, I hardly find myself going past ISO 1600, because it became so noisy.

Using the correct metering mode would also affect ISO, and I guess that's where it could get a bit more complicated!

I will be testing out the auto-iso, as an assistant/3rd, during a wedding this saturday and post with my findings... I will probably limit one body for available light and another for flash on the hotshoe.

I use auto ISO all the time on my 1D MkIV for sports. I work on dimly and unevenly lit D3 and community college fields. I set the camera to manual, lens wide open, shutter speed to the slowest the sport can take , auto ISO. I find my exposures to be very consistent and my keeper rate is up because I don't have to deal with frames shot at slower than useable shutter speeds.

Originally Posted by JimKarczewski I don't like it on my 1Dx. I tried it and I can't find a way to do exposure compensation. So say I set my camera for a typical night football game, 1/1000 @ F4 (w/tele extender.) Camera bounces around but the white uniforms are overexposed, but yet I can't use the exposure compensation because that dial controls the aperture. Unless I'm missing something in the menus, I don't like it, at least for sports....

Simple work-around that works great for sports: use Av + Auto-ISO + custom function to set min shutter speed.

EC may not work in M + Auto-ISO, but it does in Av + Auto-ISO.

Most of the (quite legitimate) complaining about Canon's implementation of Auto-ISO isn't from folks using 1D4 or 1Dx.

The only drawback to this setup is if you are switching from shooting the game to "environmental" stuff going on around the game where you don't need the high shutter speed. However, as I understand it, on the 1Dx, you have buttons to let you quickly switch to another config (I shoot a 1D4, not the 1Dx).

Jay

Originally Posted by rolette Simple work-around that works great for sports: use Av + Auto-ISO + custom function to set min shutter speed. EC may not work in M + Auto-ISO, but it does in Av + Auto-ISO. Most of the (quite legitimate) complaining about Canon's implementation of Auto-ISO isn't from folks using 1D4 or 1Dx. The only drawback to this setup is if you are switching from shooting the game to "environmental" stuff going on around the game where you don't need the high shutter speed. However, as I understand it, on the 1Dx, you have buttons to let you quickly switch to another config (I shoot a 1D4, not the 1Dx). Jay

Thx. Honestly I only tried it because I could. I use straight manual now as the fields now I'm shooting on are consistent enough to do so..

Originally Posted by joeinmiami Since the time in which I took a photo of a small landscape and my camera at the time, a D80, decided to set up the ISO to 6200! (this was in daylight, in a bright, clear day) I always set the ISO manually. My new camera, the D7000, allows me to change the ISO fairly simply, I just press the ISO button in the back of the camera and use the command wheel to set it at the speed I want. I do tend to keep the ISO to a slow number, 100, 200 or 400, pushing it to over 2000 if I have the need to take a photo in low light with not flash. My D7000 allows me to do this quickly with no problems. Just my 2 cents (I can not afford more!) Joe

Same here on the D7000 and the D600.
The command dial option is not available in manual mode though.
I like to have control of the ISO, and tend to shoot in aperture priority except for low light conditions where you want it to look like low light and I shoot in manual.

well I am going to try using auto iso tomorrow night... there is an Asian Fest here
and so lots of colorful dragons, dancing, martial arts and a beauty pageant...

See how well it works with a D3

I had it on 7d, moved to 5d mk 2, missed it a lot. Got it again on the 5D mk 3. On Canon is easy to change to manual Iso nearest on the fly. Auto ISO give you the ability to control speed and apreture which is kind of more impotant in low light and if you have to shoot fast. Those who have discovered the benefits are missing out a lot.

Originally Posted by MomaZunk Same here on the D7000 and the D600. The command dial option is not available in manual mode though.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I thought control of ISO through a command dial (while holding the ISO button) was standard on all Nikon bodies. It works on mine in any mode (including Manual).

Are you saying (on D600 and 7000) you have to go into the menus to change ISO when in Manual mode? Or are you talking about 'easy ISO' feature?

You can always control the ISO pressing the button on the back button and then rotating the command dial.
The option I was referring to is the "EASY ISO" setting which will allow adjustment with a command dial without having to press the button on the back of the camera. One handed adjustment in otherwords. It works in either shutter or aperture priority.
Sorry for the confusion!

Originally Posted by MomaZunk . . . The option I was referring to is the "EASY ISO" setting which will allow adjustment with a command dial without having to press the button on the back of the camera. One handed adjustment in otherwords. . . .

OK, got it.

Well I am not over joyed with auto iso on my D3... the why is simple....it seemed to stay at the max iso no matter the lighting...
that just does not seem correct... but maybe it is... ... I doubt very seriously if I will be using it again...

Originally Posted by Art Scott Well I am not over joyed with auto iso on my D3... the why is simple....it seemed to stay at the max iso no matter the lighting... that just does not seem correct... but maybe it is... ... I doubt very seriously if I will be using it again...

Did you have a (short) minimum shutter speed set?

I have found it helpful when I want a particular aperture and a shutter at least ____. ISO is set to the value that achieves my desired shutter.