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Forgive me as I am new to this and not by any means a professional photographer. I own and love an X100F having had other Fujifilm cameras in the past. I like the three auto ISO settings but if I set, say, min ISO to 200, max ISO to 3,200 and min shutter to 1/125 and then take pictures on a pleasant and reasonably bright normal kind of day, the camera will often select an aperture of 2.8 or 4 and an ISO of 400 (sometimes higher) and an unnecessarily fast shutter of say 1/1000. I would have expected the first priority to be to keep the ISO as low as possible then work from there. I realise the answer is not to shoot on A but to work manually but this isn't always convenient if just taking quick snapshots. Am I doing something wrong or any ideas welcomed. Thanks in advance.

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Hi Sherman, when using Auto ISO I'd recommend setting at least the aperture yourself. For example, for the kind of quick snapshots you describe, I'd have the aperture set on, say, f8.  The camera should then be able to choose a sensible shutter speed and ISO. If you expect the camera to choose ALL the exposure variables - aperture, shutter speed and ISO - it has quite a lot of options to choose from, and the camera's algorithms will tend to prioritise shutter speed, as you describe. I find that the X100F works best, and fastest, if you set at least one exposure variable yourself - and it's fun to play around to see what works best for your style of photography. But you've got a great camera there. Enjoy!

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