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I am not sure if its just me but I found the following in the readers tips section of a photographic magazine,anybody got any idea what they are trying to say

"If you use a camera a lot like I do its really important to check your camera settings every time you shoot. The ISO for example will stay on the last setting you chose so if you shoot in AV or TV mode you could stuck with with a high ISO and lots of noise or a low ISO and very dark shots"
 
yea - they also forget to tell you to change your nappy, and put on sunblock
 
I always found that putting a battery in and turning the camera on gives 100% improvment to the shoot
 
CaptainPenguin said:
anybody got any idea what they are trying to say
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Yes, something like "I am a bit of a numpty and really shouldn't be allowed anywhere near technology. Div that I am, it's a wonder I don't starve myself to death by forgeting to eat"
 
I think there is sense in there...

It IS a good idea to check your settings before starting of on a series of shots. I guess we've all used the camera at 1600 or 3200 ISO as the light was going and then put the camera away still set at that. It's quite possible to get it out the day after (nice sunny day perhaps) and just start shooting with what is now a silly high ISO setting. A quick check of your basic settings would avoid this.

I'd call it good advice and perfectly sensible.
 
of course it could be like the threads that crop up here on a regular basis where we all mention those silly things we do either occassionally or on a regular basis, like forgetting to adjust the ISO from previous settings, etc etc.... judging by the number of responses those threads get from people right across the experience board, I doubt anyone can play the self righteous 'what an idiot he is' card with an kind of honesty :cuckoo:
 
'every time you shoot', could be thought to mean every shot, rather than every session. That would be OTT.

But thinking about the ISO setting when you first setup is something to go on the old checklist for sure.

Graham
 
I don't see what the problem is? Looks like sound advice to me - I've certainly be caught out by forgetting to reset the ISO from stupidly high before. May only be for a couple of shots, but the damage may already be done.
 
Furtim said:
I don't see what the problem is? Looks like sound advice to me - I've certainly be caught out by forgetting to reset the ISO from stupidly high before. May only be for a couple of shots, but the damage may already be done.
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Its the bit about over or under exposed shots that I dont understand when shooting in semi auto modes,the whole thing about auto is that it compensates for high or low iso,you may get blurred or grainy but not incorrectly exposed
 
I think it depends on the camera and settings. If you've left the ISO up high and shooting in daylight you might find that the fastest shutter speed will result in an over-exposed shot for example...
 
As the ISO setting is displayed in the viewfinder I find it quite hard not to notice what value it is set to.
 
DavidMarq said:
As the ISO setting is displayed in the viewfinder I find it quite hard not to notice what value it is set to.
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But that isn't the case with all cameras. I accidentally left mine on ISO1600 last week and went outside and the resulting images were way overexposed (taken in Aperture priority).
 
fabs said:
But that isn't the case with all cameras. I accidentally left mine on ISO1600 last week and went outside and the resulting images were way overexposed (taken in Aperture priority).
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Then I will consider myself fortunate.
 
Dudie said:
Yes, something like "I am a bit of a numpty and really shouldn't be allowed anywhere near technology. Div that I am, it's a wonder I don't starve myself to death by forgeting to eat"
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Or: we are all human and make mistakes occasionally - if you get in the habit of checking your settings everytime before you start shooting then you'll make less silly mistakes.
 
I do a lot of both night and day photography and have been caught more than once with the wrong iso.. once very badly and ruined som important shots I only had one quick chance to take.. other times i figured it out straight away.. sorta like once bitten... happens to us all I guess :)
 
I've done it too. :)

Now I reset both cameras to a default of A,f4, ISO100, single shot, autofocus off servo and 2nd curtain synch.

That way I always know exaclty where I am as soon as I pick one up and I automatically think of that default and where I need to go from there. At least I have the same starting point. Makes it easier on my poor feeble brain.
 
CaptainPenguin said:
I am not sure if its just me but I found the following in the readers tips section of a photographic magazine,anybody got any idea what they are trying to say
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Seems pretty obvious to me, check the settings before you go out. Pretty good advice really.
The only thing wrong is the part about dark images, which you could get in manual but not so much TV/AV (they could however be blurry).
 
Being VERY new to DSLR photography I bought a camera mag this week. Even I can see that they're virtually pointless in much the same way the golf mags I decided not to buy anymore a few years ago are. Lots of ads for the products they always give glowing reviews to and rehashed features.
 
I've done it before, although out of the thousands of emails these magazines get, I find it difficult to believe that 'make sure you check your settings' was one of the better ones :lol: As we see, there's a lot of us have made the mistake, but I'm sure it's not down to not checking as a habit every time, but certainly in my case, down to just forgetting once.
 
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