Iso help

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moth

Senior Member
I'm using the Nikon d5200 with the sigma 150-600 mm contemporary lens for wild life photography or birds etc, can't seem to find auto ISO in manual mode, any suggestions on what mode I could use / settings thanks
 
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mikew_RIP

Senior Member
Dont know if its there or not but worse case scenario you could use shutter priority and auto iso, the C lens is normaly fairly good wide open.
 
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Bikerbrent_RIP

Senior Member
Welcome aboard. Enjoy the ride.
We look forward to seeing more posts and samples of your work.

The previous posters pretty well covered what I would have suggested.
 
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nickt

Senior Member
It should work. I took a look at the manual posted above. I don't have the camera to give you exact steps. It might be a matter of figuring out what the buttons want from you to make it happen. I like to shoot that lens in manual mode with auto iso. 1/800 and f8 if the light is good. If not, I'll open it some more. I don't put an upper limit on the iso.
 
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nickt

Senior Member
When I shoot that lens, I don't limit the iso. Its a personal choice though. If I get a crappy picture, oh well. It would have been worse if iso was limited since I am in manual and already at minimum settings. Sometimes I'll shoot animals in the back yard. In that case I often use flash and I do lock in a low iso.

I was shooting something else this winter and spotted this heron. I just zoomed in and took a quick shot even though I knew it was too dark. I forgot to readjust my shutter speed, way too slow for 600mm. While its not a great shot, its ok considering it should be more blurry and it came off at iso 25,600 with the d7100. Shot raw, it cleaned up pretty good.

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moth

Senior Member
Thanks for all the comments, just got to put them into practice now, quite new to using manual mode, but slowly getting there!
 
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