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A big thing that camera manufacturers and users seem to make so important in their equipment preferences is the fact that ISO is easy to change and indeed can be changed by the camera. Looking at reviews of the Nikon Df and the new D750, these alterations in 'film' speed seem right up there near the top of the pile of requirements.
Oh, how we have fallen for technology. Until the digital age set in, I used Ilford HP4 -- and it's previous incarnations. I set my camera to match it's speed of 400 ASA (ISO now) and went about my photography in my own time. True, one could push process the film but in general if you started with 400 ASA, you finished with it.
So why is being able to alter the ISO so important now?
My reason for posting this is that I am thinking of buying the Nikon Df and changing the ISO is apparently a two-handed affair; but then based on my above statements, is this really important. I have just sold my Nikon D7000 and I confess to hardly ever changing the ISO 'on the fly', merely using the shutter and aperture to get the picture I wanted, usually using 400 ISO (because film, especially HP4, is engrained in my photographic upbringing).
Opinions on why ISO altering is suddenly so necessary...
Oh, how we have fallen for technology. Until the digital age set in, I used Ilford HP4 -- and it's previous incarnations. I set my camera to match it's speed of 400 ASA (ISO now) and went about my photography in my own time. True, one could push process the film but in general if you started with 400 ASA, you finished with it.
So why is being able to alter the ISO so important now?
My reason for posting this is that I am thinking of buying the Nikon Df and changing the ISO is apparently a two-handed affair; but then based on my above statements, is this really important. I have just sold my Nikon D7000 and I confess to hardly ever changing the ISO 'on the fly', merely using the shutter and aperture to get the picture I wanted, usually using 400 ISO (because film, especially HP4, is engrained in my photographic upbringing).
Opinions on why ISO altering is suddenly so necessary...