Manual exposure adjustment?

Might seem like an oxymoron, but is it possible to force a lighter exposure on the auto iso when shooting in manual mode?

So I'm shooting in a darker room with my new 70-200. I know I can slow the shutter speed beyond what the camera automatically selects in Av mode because of the VC/IS.

In Tv mode the camera is choosing an aperture of 3.2 rather than 2.8. That is better than Av mode, where the camera is choosing 1/160 or so.

In manual mode I can choose 2.8 and 1/60, but I can't seem to force the auto iso to ETTR. I could manually select the iso setting, but I don't have time for that, and it changes a lot depending on where I'm facing.

I ended up selecting Tv with 1/60 and ate the 1/3 stop loss in aperture, rather than the 2+ stop loss in Av mode, and I was able to ETTR.

Is there a way to get this done in manual mode?

Only with the 1DX and 7D Mark II so far.

Not with your cameras. Only the 1DX and the new 7D2 have that capability. Sorry.

No. Only 7DII can do that and I think 1Dx aswell? I am not sure about 1Dx.

Anyways, Ive used a workaround to put camera on AV mode and set min. shutterspeed to desired and then use auto ISO. You have EC and camera keeps the shutterspeed hing enough to freeze the motion. This obviously doesnt work for all kinds of photographers for all kinds of scenarios but its better than nothing.

Looks like that's as good as it gets until my next upgrade, LOL.

if you have magic lantern you can use ETTR in any mode.

Might have to look into that.

I work around that by selecting shutter speed and aperture, then see what auto ISO gives me. Then I lock in that ISO value and work from there. Not a real good idea in highly variable light, though.

Such is the flaw of Canon's implementation of 'automatically set ISO', which is inferior to the Pentax method of a third mode TAv ...all of which can still be used with the EC control.

My problem with Auto ISO on the 5D3 in Av mode is that I can't set the shutter speed limit higher than 1/250 s, which is just a bit slow when I shoot children with the 135L.

I mitigate that restriction by setting the Auto ISO' lower limit to 400, so that in good light now at least I get above 1/250 s sooner. For what I shoot, giving up ISO 200 and 100 on the 5D3 is no real sacrifice, while the number of keepers has increased.

Doesn't help you but Nikons have had this ability for years.

agedbriar wrote in post #17260997
My problem with Auto ISO on the 5D3 in Av mode is that I can't set the shutter speed limit higher than 1/250 s, which is just a bit slow when I shoot children with the 135L.

I mitigate that restriction by setting the Auto ISO' lower limit to 400, so that in good light now at least I get above 1/250 s sooner. For what I shoot, giving up ISO 200 and 100 on the 5D3 is no real sacrifice, while the number of keepers has increased.

That is a great idea! Simple, too. Gotta try that one.

No Magic Lantern for the 70D, unless I'm missing something.

agedbriar wrote in post #17260997
My problem with Auto ISO on the 5D3 in Av mode is that I can't set the shutter speed limit higher than 1/250 s, which is just a bit slow when I shoot children with the 135L.

I mitigate that restriction by setting the Auto ISO' lower limit to 400, so that in good light now at least I get above 1/250 s sooner. For what I shoot, giving up ISO 200 and 100 on the 5D3 is no real sacrifice, while the number of keepers has increased.

Is your flash mounted and turned on??? Camera is simply not letting you violate the 1/250 X-sync max speed for shooting with the speedlight!...unless you have HSS active on the flash unit, then the camera lets you go to faster speeds.

Wilt wrote in post #17261535
Is your flash mounted and turned on??? Camera is simply not letting you violate the 1/250 X-sync max speed for shooting with the speedlight!...unless you have HSS active on the flash unit, then the camera lets you go to faster speeds.

No, that's without flash.

On the 5D3 the SS values that you can set as the imposed minimum SS when shooting Av with Auto ISO, don't go higher than 1/250 s.

This is what I am talking about:
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