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03/27/2008 01:24:34 PM · #1 |
I had my new lens, I had beautiful weather at the zoo on my day off...first time taking the zoom out and was looking forward to some crisp shots. Got home and in lightroom saw that all photos were taking in ISO 400 instead of 100. I had forgot to set it back to 100...DAMN!!
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03/27/2008 01:36:16 PM · #2 |
I feel for you on that one, I've done that more than once. I thought I was being smart buying the 40D where it displays the ISO in the viewfinder but I STILL miss it at times :S like shooting in broad daylight at ISO1600 :P
-dave
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03/27/2008 01:37:10 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by dknourek:
I feel for you on that one, I've done that more than once. I thought I was being smart buying the 40D where it displays the ISO in the viewfinder but I STILL miss it at times :S like shooting in broad daylight at ISO1600 :P
-dave |
... and wondering why you need a shutter speed of 1/8000. |
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03/27/2008 01:40:05 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
Originally posted by dknourek:
I feel for you on that one, I've done that more than once. I thought I was being smart buying the 40D where it displays the ISO in the viewfinder but I STILL miss it at times :S like shooting in broad daylight at ISO1600 :P
-dave |
... and wondering why you need a shutter speed of 1/8000. |
LOL Ive missed that on occasion also, just get to excited while shooting something and forget to check the settings or its one of those moments you have 0.5sec to take the pick and dont think about what you last shot...
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03/27/2008 03:45:11 PM · #5 |
Shoulda bought a Canon. There's no more noise at 400 that there is at 100. I use 800 without a thought to noise. Had you spent the say shooting at 1600 then I could see the issue, but 400? So what?
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03/27/2008 04:35:18 PM · #6 |
I did exactly the same yesterday, except it was the 1600 I had had it on for roller-hockey.
I only managed a couple shots, though, before I noticed it said "high" where the shutter speed should read in the viewfinder.
Sometimes I just wanna go back to the S2 IS! |
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03/27/2008 06:20:40 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Sometimes I just wanna go back to the S2 IS! |
How would that be significantly different than all the outdoor photos I shot at ISO 400 ... today -- about two hours after reading this thread? |
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03/27/2008 06:23:00 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Prof_Fate:
Shoulda bought a Canon. There's no more noise at 400 that there is at 100. I use 800 without a thought to noise. Had you spent the say shooting at 1600 then I could see the issue, but 400? So what? |
with the exception of the earlier rebels. 200 -- I can squeak by. 400? fahgetabut it. :(
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03/28/2008 08:51:40 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Sometimes I just wanna go back to the S2 IS! |
How would that be significantly different than all the outdoor photos I shot at ISO 400 ... today -- about two hours after reading this thread? |
Lol, oops! Well, I'm still not used to all I have to remember with this... the S2 I could pretty much use without even thinking... usually :) |
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03/28/2008 09:29:00 AM · #10 |
| I'm sure the expensive cameras have this, but why to put the ISO in the view finder of digital cameras? |
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03/28/2008 10:02:10 AM · #11 |
The solution is to become "habitual with your camera. Not just with ISO, with everything. EVERY time I turn on my camera, I check the LCD screen for what mode it's in, what aperture/shutter speed it's at, whether it's on burst or single-shot mode, what the ISO is, what the WB is, ALL of it. I can check this in just a couple seconds and I do this every single time I turn it on.
R. |
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03/28/2008 10:33:53 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
The solution is to become "habitual with your camera. Not just with ISO, with everything. EVERY time I turn on my camera, I check the LCD screen for what mode it's in, what aperture/shutter speed it's at, whether it's on burst or single-shot mode, what the ISO is, what the WB is, ALL of it. I can check this in just a couple seconds and I do this every single time I turn it on.
R. |
This is the best advice. Have a known default setup and go back to that every time. Just run through the checklist in your head and put everything back where it should be. Even better is to do that when you are finished each day, but certainly at the start.
I at least have ISO available in the viewfinder so it is easier to tell when I'm shooting what I'm at.
The one thing I always forget to do is disable mirror lock up. A morning doing landscapes, then later grab the camera for a more candid shot - looking through the viewfinder, everything comes in to place for the shot, click and the world goes black. and stays black. Then I curse, miss the shot, and troll through the menus to disable the appropriate custom function.
Would it be so hard to put a useful feature on a button ? |
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03/28/2008 10:34:03 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by karmat:
Originally posted by Prof_Fate:
Shoulda bought a Canon. There's no more noise at 400 that there is at 100. I use 800 without a thought to noise. Had you spent the say shooting at 1600 then I could see the issue, but 400? So what? |
with the exception of the earlier rebels. 200 -- I can squeak by. 400? fahgetabut it. :( |
I find the 350 can do up to 400 OK but only in bright light. Try 400 with less than bright light and there's too much noise. |
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03/28/2008 11:05:40 AM · #14 |
Depends on one's noise tolerance as much as anything else, I suppose.
I just got done with my free study entry and it was a nice image. I forgot to check the camera settings so I went back and opened hte image to find it was shot at ISO1600! Man, that was a clean image for that ISO! I made it a tad grainier during editing even...that's how far things have come when you want to add noise to an ISO1600 shot! (1/160 at F4...and it was mostly outdoors in the image at noon - I suppose live in a dark place LOL)
 was ISO 2000 from a $150 Point and Shoot w/ no NR in PP.
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