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*Blue* · 01-11-2009, 12:02 AM

Originally Posted by drewdlephone

The K2 was the original K mount flagship, but it didn't move in large numbers. One of the other reasons was the location of the ISO setting (on the lens mount collar) where it was a PITA to get at. Exacerbating this issue was the fact that the ISO setting also served as the exposure compensation setting when the camera was in it's automatic mode.

The ISO ring takes some learning to figure out initially but it really isn't that bad. How many times does a person change the ISO in the middle of a roll?

01-11-2009, 12:02 AM	#5
Blue Site Supporter Location: Florida Hill Country Gallery Photos: 0 Posts: 5,689	Originally Posted by drewdlephone The K2 was the original K mount flagship, but it didn't move in large numbers. One of the other reasons was the location of the ISO setting (on the lens mount collar) where it was a PITA to get at. Exacerbating this issue was the fact that the ISO setting also served as the exposure compensation setting when the camera was in it's automatic mode. The ISO ring takes some learning to figure out initially but it really isn't that bad. How many times does a person change the ISO in the middle of a roll?