Originally posted by suncrimson I think the image rotation is really a useful function because you can use the whole screen to view the pics in portrait composition without zooming in.
So you don't want to look at your portrait shots in landscape mode ?
What do you need to do. You need to turn the camera into portrait mode!
So what is the difference now with the k-5 ? Well nothing you turn the cam in portrait mode.
With your K-5 if you have as per page 236 of the manual selected "Auto Image Rotation" then your picture is already displaying in portrait. I don't understand what the problem is -
it's displaying in portrait mode, isn't it what you want ? Why has an image got to display first in landscape mode and wait for you to turn the camera which you would do anyway. The logic fails me. Turn the camera, isn't it what you do anyway ? and the image is already displaying correctly. This way or that ?
As I said in my post above:
"in the old method it was a pain to get the picture to settle down particularly if you were viewing alternatively in quick succession landscape and portrait. With the new method it's up immediately. All you have to do is turn the camera. But not only that, often you don't even have to turn the camera completely to check up on a shot, just angle the cam slightly and twist your head a little, much faster.
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