Auto ISO - 7d
Josh Martinez and the others who mentioned Auto ISO while discussing the 5d III: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
I had never explored it on my 7d, for some reason believing it was the same as the fairly mediocre auto-ISO on the PnS cameras, and thus a "snapshot" setting. It isn't.
And it's freaking AWESOME.
Unless I'm using flash, my camera will now permanently be set to ISO = A. Even in weird, patchy lighting situations it's been nailing the exposure every single time.
LOVE. I'm just sad I didn't switch to it a lot sooner - I can think of more than one shot which might have been saved by it......... :rofl
PS Yes, I have read my manual. Many times since I got my 7d in 2010. This particular feature (along with ALO) seemed to have slipped through my mental cracks :lol3
I had never explored it on my 7d, for some reason believing it was the same as the fairly mediocre auto-ISO on the PnS cameras, and thus a "snapshot" setting. It isn't.
And it's freaking AWESOME.
Unless I'm using flash, my camera will now permanently be set to ISO = A. Even in weird, patchy lighting situations it's been nailing the exposure every single time.
LOVE. I'm just sad I didn't switch to it a lot sooner - I can think of more than one shot which might have been saved by it......... :rofl
PS Yes, I have read my manual. Many times since I got my 7d in 2010. This particular feature (along with ALO) seemed to have slipped through my mental cracks :lol3
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A lot of people are anti auto iso, maybe because they haven't given it a good try.
It is amazing for shooting people and weddings, it keeps the exposures in the pocket.
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However, having now tried it - at least outdoors - it hasn't been a problem. The camera has nailed everything I've thrown at it and delivered a great image. In several shots, it's chosen a MUCH higher ISO than I would have, but the resulting image has been perfectly-exposed (meaning that even ISO 2000 looks excellent - high ISO on the 7d is typically very good as long as the image is correctly exposed, and the camera is making sure of that)
I haven't tried it with flash yet, but I think I'd probably want full manual control for that anyway. But so far, in variable, natural light settings, it's been exceptional. Colour me impressed.....
Btw, here's the article I read when I was digging into this a little more. Excellent stuff http://www.dpreview.com/articles/0206161199/an-in-depth-discussion-of-m-auto-iso-for-canon-slrs
Good to here Canon has it nailed though......
I've heard auto ISO on the 7D is better but I like the ability to set thresholds like you can do on the new 5D3
Nick.
my equipment: Canon 5D2, 7D, full list here
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I've had good results when using auto ISO for it's intended purpose as well, but seem to stick to manual. Maybe I'll give it another go.
-Rob
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