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Old 06-13-2004, 05:37 PM   #13
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I wonder why it chose these settings on such a bright sunny day?
Jean,

Thank you for that question.

Given the lighting conditions you describe, the camera made a perfectly reasonable choice.

If you had taken the time to switch your ISO setting to 200 or 400, then taken a photograph of the same scene with the same light, you would not be able to tell the difference one little bit. The only difference would be that the camera would have chosen a progressively higher shutter speed.

And, if you had returned to that same scene in the late evening with much less available light, with your camera in auto ISO mode, it no doubt would have selected a much higher ISO.

When you, or your camera, select a higher ISO, it
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