Whats Your Favourite ISO Setting with the M8?

[gfspencer]

Am I the only one who will admit to using Auto ISO?

 

[b.espahbod]

160 in general but sometimes a bit of nostalgic grains are needed then 640

 

[greggebhardt]

My favorite ISO is the lowest that I can get by with!

I am not interested in making my images look film like!

For me Film is Dead! I did it for over 30 years and while it has it's "look", I have moved on to digital and embrace it!

 

[Simon Larbalestier]

320 or 640, 1250 if necessary.

 

[Art8.2]

160 for outdoor.......for indoor and B+W it depends.........

 

[Grober]

Logically I know that 160 should deliver the best results but when I shoot @ 320, I'm more in synch with that part of my brain that shot s-o-o-o much film @ 400 over the years. Seems more natural to me...

-g

 

[napoleonesq]

I'm a street documentary photographer shooting hand held and 90 percent of the time converting my images later to B+W.
I find that 640 works great for that purpose, yielding the most film-like look after post-processing. judge for yourself:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aglimpseoftheworld/467244979/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aglimpseoftheworld/458867696/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aglimpseoftheworld/460044174/

When I am shooting with color in mind, I try for lower ISOs, depending on the lighting. I find that M8 color looks markedly better at lower ISOs.

Great photos...what postprocessing do you use for the BW?

 

[ampguy]

640, unless outside in bright light. Interesting, but the RD1 at 800 is less noisy.

 

[Rayt]

I leave it at Auto ISO. I just want to get the shot and don't care too much about the noise.

 

[Jim Evidon]

Whatever works?

If Capa took the soldier photo with a Phase One, and post-processed it with HDR and Alien Skin from the future, would the image be any better?

pontificating on minutae == missing the point

The image would have been better, but the composition and the drama of the moment would have been the same. Capa could have shot with a box Brownie or the forthcoming Leica S2 and his pictures still would have been immortal. Consider the D Day landing shot; film ruined in salt water and everything out of focus, but he got the moment just right. There will never be another like him.

 

[hef]

160

160

I use 160 most often and try not to go over 1250 in dim light...

 

[benmacphoto]

I use 160 almost all of the time, occasionally I've had to use 320 and 640. They were not bad but I'll use 160 over the other ISO settings.

 

[ulrikft]

Whatever allows me not to go below 1/125th. I do mostly street photography so I use Auto Iso up to 640. As I like to shoot wide open, most of my day pictures are at 160 which I find wonderful with the M8.
I don't like the "1250" and find the 1600 R-D1 grain way better, similar to the 640 M8 grain.
2500 is unusable IMO unless you have to, that is below 1/8th.

You should really put a RSS on your blawg, so i can follow it