Canon 5D 2 help requested please.

johnp

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16 Apr 2011 - 9:17 PM

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Help needed please! I'm in a different country from the instruction book. I seem to have pressed a button I shouldn't have and can't fix it.
The lowest ISO I can select is 200. To the left of the selected ISO on the top plate display it says ISO D+
Can anyone suggest how I get back to lower ISO please?
Many thanks
John

Kris_Dutson

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16 Apr 2011 - 9:34 PM

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Not a bad thing anyway as Canon optimise their sensors to give the least noise at iso 200 as do the other manufacturers.....

...so I'm told.

Coleslaw (e2 Member)

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16 Apr 2011 - 9:37 PM

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Not sure, Kris.
I read that Highlight tone priority causes noise in the shadow area, though I have no idea if that is true or not.

DuncanDisorderly

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17 Apr 2011 - 11:16 AM

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Nikon has a base ISO of 200 - Canon is 100.

The detailed reviews show that on the 5DII, ISO 100 has better signal to noise ratio than ISO 200.
On the other hand, there is very little difference in the available dynamic range and occasionally someone advocates using ISO 200 instead of ISO 100; but that's a different story.

newfocus

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17 Apr 2011 - 10:25 PM

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Chris, from what I remember, highlight tone priority effectively underexposes one stop by reducing the ISO then scales up the result. That would explain why it prevents ISO 100 being selected.

On a general note on noise vs ISO, I did some testing on long exposure (15 min plus) night shots a year or so back with the 5DII and decided that on a practical level, ISO 200 was optimal (no noticeable increase in noise over ISO 100 and allowed me to select more useful apertures around f/8 for those shots). In good light, I still shoot ISO 100 becaue more controlled tests than I was doing have shown it does have a slight noise advantage.