Quote Originally Posted by Richard Lane


<span class="bold_text"]"ISO Speed Range
ISO 100-3200 (in 1-stop increments), H1: 6400 H2: 12800; Basic Zone modes: ISO 100-3200 set automatically"


Inoted that it statedISO 100-3200 set automatically, but didn't notice that,that only pertains to "Basic Zone Modes." Whatever Basic Zone Modes mean?


Basic Zone modes are the automatic modes - Portrait, Landscape, Sports, etc., i.e. the little pictures on the mode dial that take your control away. (But I'm not biased or anything.)





What "Basic Zone modes:ISO 100-3200 set automatically" means is that in one of those modes, you cannot set the ISO yourself - pressing the ISO button does nothing, as Auto is the only option. Those 'basic' modes aren't even available on xD series cameras.