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[RobAmy]

Sitting on the perch by A & R Photography, on Flickr

 

[Cavalier]

Red Shouldered Hawk, Merced, California

 

[biggles2002]

 

[HoHum]

Long-tailed meadowlark, Falklands

 

[West Coast Birder]

Long-tailed meadowlark, FalklandsView attachment 140418

Beautiful!

 

[Miranda]

DSC03744 by Jose Raposo, on Flickr

 

[Nature's Spectrum]

 

[West Coast Birder]

View attachment 140436

Nice! Do you find that being in Shutter Priority with 1/1000 sec (a great shutter speed, IMO) with (presumably) auto-ISO works for you? With modern sensors and great PP NR algorithms, shooting at high ISO has become less of a concern. I am also toying wtih the idea of shooting in Shutter Priority these days, having shot mostly in AP in the past.

 

[Nature's Spectrum]

Sam I've done it both ways. I don't do enough of it to have a definitive feeling on it. I think for birds shutter priority is better while insects might be aperture.

I agree on auto ISO, while I'm still playing with the range. With the R5 I like to be 6400 or below if at all possible. With the r3 I've seen good results with 25600, particularly with the noise reductions options available now.

Thank you!!

 

[West Coast Birder]

Sam I've done it both ways. I don't do enough of it to have a definitive feeling on it. I think for birds shutter priority is better while insects might be aperture.

I agree on auto ISO, while I'm still playing with the range. With the R5 I like to be 6400 or below if at all possible. With the r3 I've seen good results with 25600, particularly with the noise reductions options available now.

Thank you!!

I haven't used auto-ISO much but IIRC, you can set a not-to exceed limit. Not 100% sure how the whole thing behaves TBH. If you set auto-ISO, in shutter (or aperture) priority, how does the camera decide whether to move the aperture (or shutter) or the ISO? Does one take precedence over the other?

 

[Nature's Spectrum]

I haven't used auto-ISO much but IIRC, you can set a not-to exceed limit. Not 100% sure how the whole thing behaves TBH. If you set auto-ISO, in shutter (or aperture) priority, how does the camera decide whether to move the aperture (or shutter) or the ISO? Does one take precedence over the other?

I believe you can set a range for aperture and iso if you are in shutter priority. What I can't figure out is which one of those two it changes first. I haven't tested it too much really. You can also set a lower limit iirc.

 

[amyandmark3]

Pied billed grebes

 

[Graham121]

I used to shoot in Shutter Priority with Auto ISO - and still do on my 1DXii - but now since moving to the R5ii with three dials I shoot in Manual with Auto ISO.
Top front dial controls Aperture, top rear dial controls shutter and rear dial controls exposure compensation (so I can easily change shutter speed/exposure compensation with my thumb without taking my finger off the shutter - my goto setting is shutter for focus and shooting, only use back button focus for alternate use cases).

Sooty Oystercather, Vic, Au

 

[Gene Spearman]

Eastern Phoebe in South Carolina, USA

 

[fotoi]

Wood duck

 

[K9Kirk]

A reddish egret.

482-studio25 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

 

[K9Kirk]

An osprey.

11142202-studio25-1 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

 

[K9Kirk]

A little blue heron.

019cv-studio-25-1 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

 

[sparker1]

I haven't used auto-ISO much but IIRC, you can set a not-to exceed limit. Not 100% sure how the whole thing behaves TBH. If you set auto-ISO, in shutter (or aperture) priority, how does the camera decide whether to move the aperture (or shutter) or the ISO? Does one take precedence over the other?

With my R7, I like Manual Mode with Auto ISO, max 6400. Since I'm mostly shooting birds on perches, I rarely change aperture or shutter speed, although aperture changes as i zoom.

 

[Cog2020]

Striated heron

DSC01231 by Cog2012, on Flickr