ISO Setting Issue

Discussion in 'Technical Troubleshooting' started by Isac, Jan 6, 2024.

  1. Isac

    Isac Well-Known Member

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    Hi All, I have a 7Dii and always shoot MANUAL. I use the Tamron 18-400 lens.
    Today I had my camera settings at:
    MANUAL / 1/800 th. / f:3.5 / ISO=100 / Eval Metering / Single Shooting
    I took a shot at 18mm, reviewed it and the settings were showing correct on the screen as to what I had set up for manual shooting.
    I zoomed in to 400mm, took a shot, reviewed it and the the ISO had changed to 320.
    I zoomed in to 100mm, took a shot, reviewed it and the the ISO had changed to 250.
    Does anyone know why the ISO would change from what I had set up at 100?
    Is there a setting that I need to alter to keep the ISO at what I set it to in Manual Mode?
    Thanks for any help - appreciated.
    Greg
     

  2. Thumbnail

    Thumbnail Active Member Site Supporter

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    I don't know the camera but it looks as though it has auto-ISO set and is maintaining your aperture/shutter settings as the effective maximum aperture of the lens changes with focal length. Just a thought .....
     
  3. johnsey

    johnsey Site Moderator Staff Member Site Supporter

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    Yeah what thumbnail has said would also be my assumption, Auto ISO i believe operates despite of the M shutter/Aperture setting. Double check you locked in the ISO manually as well. Mine is always on manual there too.
     
  4. Isac

    Isac Well-Known Member

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    Hi guys, thanks for the reply. the OP says "MANUAL / 1/800 th. / f:3.5 / ISO=100 / Eval Metering / Single Shooting". The ISO was not set to AUTO. I set it manually to 100.
     
  5. Isac

    Isac Well-Known Member

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    Thanks all for all your analasys gents. It's great that you took the time to help me figure this out. Perhaps it had something to do with the Tamron 18-400 zoom lens as referenced in the manual under "Same exposure for new aperture". In there they mention scenarios 1, 2 and 3. For 1: I haven't changed the lens. for 2: I don't use an extender. So I thought it must be the maximum aperture changing on the zoom lens that is mentioned in 3:

    It still had me puzzled, so I cleared all camera settings, reset a few settings and options back to my preferences and all is back to normal. I can set Shutter Speed, Aperture and ISO (not Auto) in Manual Mode and as I zoom, those 3 settings stay the same throughout the zoom range.
    All fixed. I don't know what setting I obviously made that caused this strange behaviour, but glad it's been sorted. Again, thanks for your efforts.
     
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    I'm glad it's all sorted Isac.
     

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