12-15-2023 12:57 PM
Greetings, I am having random issues with my R6's jumping out of auto ISO while shooting. I shoot concerts with constantly changing lighting conditions and rely on auto ISO. At times I only have the first three songs to shoot and don't have much if any time to check settings while in the middle of shooting a band, especially with short songs. Any ideas why they are randomly leaving auto ISO or what I can do to prevent it?
12-17-2023 05:16 PM
Greetings docsgp,
The EOS camera will select the appropriate ISO value when metering if the camera is set to Auto ISO. This will allow for the camera to shoot at a specific ISO value and you may see the ISO change for the shot taken. When the camera is not metering and not in use, it should display that it's in Auto ISO.
If you're seeing that the camera is taken out of Auto ISO to a fixed ISO value, even after you're done taking pictures, then let's check to see if the camera is set to one of the custom shooting modes like C1, C2, or C3. It may be where an ISO value has been manually set and saved in one of the custom shooting modes. You may also clear the camera settings to restore them to factory default to see if this helps resolve the issue. You may click on the following link to follow steps on resetting the camera.
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12-17-2023 05:22 PM - edited 12-17-2023 05:25 PM
Try saving your camera settings as a custom shooting mode until you can figure out the cause. Disable auto-update of the Custom Shooting Mode. You want the exposure to revert to your registered setting when and if the metering timer expires.
Review your Custom Control settings, and which controls directly control/adjust ISO. If you do not use the control ring on your lenses or mount adapter, I recommend that you disable them.
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