NEVER Use Auto-ISO for Landscape Photography - Here's Why...

Auto-ISO can be convenient for scenes that move quickly, like wildlife photography. Changing light conditions and quick-moving subjects means you have a split second to capture the right photo, leaving no time to adjust the settings.

That being said, if you're shooting a landscape and you DO have the time to pick the correct settings, you should also choose your ISO. Despite many pro-level photographers recommending auto-ISO, let me tell you why I don't.

For photographers new to adjusting manual settings in the camera, auto-ISO seems like an easy choice. But it doesn't give you full control over your image. If you don't fully understand shutter speed and aperture, using auto-ISO can give you a properly exposed photo with an ISO that is far too high when you really should be adjusting your shutter speed or aperture instead.

Really, the only time I'd recommend using auto-ISO is when you have a full understanding of shutter speed and aperture to ensure that you capture as much light as possible with a longer shutter speed and wider aperture before allowing the camera to tap into its ISO capabilities. For most photographers, however, once you understand this, you also understand ISO. If you aren't shooting in low light and nothing is moving in your scene, keep your ISO at base (100 on most cameras), and you'll avoid having unnecessarily noisy images.

[AlphaSierra]

Completely agree. I was told to by another landscape photographer and forgot I left it on... went to do some product shoots and it was beyond recoverable from the grain imparted. Not sure why there are folks saying it doesn't increase graininess.

[bow-]

Why am I suddently getting all these blender photoshop and photography tutorials with like 3 views???

[PixWaxGB]

"increasing the shutter speed to allow more decreasing the shutter speed allows more light as the shutter is open for longer. But yes, learning to manually control ISO is essential for minimal noise

[youritguy]

I right now I do a lot of wildlife photography so I let the camera choose the ISO most of the times. And if the image is to noisy. I just let Lightroom denoise it for me. Now when I’m taking a panoramic shot or some type of landscape, then I manually pick the ISO along with the other settings 😊

[ShinKickTV]

when recording a video in a dark scene but with a bright backlight, could it force the camera to lower the exposure to keep that lamp in detail, but make my shot very dark ?

[GurkenglasGMBH]

But it only chooses a high ISO if you choose a bad shutter speed and aperature... So choose the right one and the camera picks best exposure 😂😂😂