Auto ISO problem

[robinkaspar]

I keep my X-T1 on auto ISO. Yesterday I was trying to capture a heron at the beaver dam in our neighborhood wetlands. I use the viewfinder which doesn't show me the histogram (is there a setting for this that I'm missing?) but the exposure meter showed that it was exposed correctly.

The bird flew off and when I checked the display, the photos I took were so dark I couldn't see the scene at all (think shooting with your lens cap on).

The photos had been taken at ISO 800. So I have two questions, why did the exposure meter say everything was groovy when it wasn't, and why didn't it go above 800 in order to capture a correct exposure?

I shoot in raw and was able to save the photo in Lightroom.

[jerryy]

Welcome to the forum.

For seeing your histogram, you can include it in your displays by going to the setup menu >>> screen setup >>> disp. custom settings >>> (scroll waaaay down to get to) histogram. Check the box and save the settings. This will show the histogram in the evf. To see it on the lcd, you will to push the disp./back button to switch the lcd to the custom view.

Your other questions are more tricky to guess/answer. Is the maximum ISO for auto ISO set at a low limit? Beyond that, without being there on the scene and knowing what all the other shooting settings you used, any guess is just, a guess.