Canon R6 I Auto ISO

[gandreou]

Hi all, first post here.

I recently upgraded from a 6D to an R6 and I'm used to using auto ISO pretty much all the time.

However, I noticed that the ISO doesn't get to the auto setting when turning the dial that controls the ISO be default.

Steps to reproduce: When I turn the camera on the ISO is somewhere other than auto. I then turn the dial down but it only goes as far as 100. If I touch the ISO button on the screen I can then scroll down past 100 to auto. Then using the dial I can go up and back down to auto again.

If I half press the shutter to meter, I'm stuck again, only being able to go down as low as 100.

I later read that you can't change to auto when the camera is metering (after half pressing the shutter button). This is really annoying as I have to wait about 15s for the metering to stop before I can change it.

It sounds like this is as designed, so does anyone have any workarounds for this, and does anyone else find it odd behaviour?

 

[BradS]

I have an R5, not an R6. The R5 has a means of adjusting the time metering remains on, which is something you may want to consider or look for on the R6. If you are set to Auto ISO and change it manually, the camera will move off of Auto ISO for the shot and reset only after the meter times out. I first learned more about this from (I think) this YouTube video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUjuHzYicgA. I did not re-listen to the video before answering here, but I believe that is the correct one. I know it was on the Points in Focus channel. Good luck!

 

[lostnomore]

This issue was also raised and discussed in this thread. Yes, it's very odd behavior - and also very frustrating!

 

[gandreou]

This issue was also raised and discussed in this thread. Yes, it's very odd behavior - and also very frustrating!

Great, thanks for the tip - Fv sounds like a really good option!

 

[Plamen_11]

I set custom button for ISO and use button info to switch to Auto ISO.