The front control ring should be set to (+ -) setting. You should never have to touch it again. The control dial on the back does move easily and, in turn, will influence your exposures, but if the front control ring is permanently set to (+ -) only your f-stop, not your exposure if set in TV or AV will be affected which is a snap to correct. This really isn\'t a big deal because the DOF is extreme no matter what f-stop the dial inadvertantly spins to. I shoot mostly on AV or P. Flash is permanently off. Like any new camera equipment you always need to overcome some minor manufacturer shortcomings, and make a few concessions. Once practiced, it\'s second nature.
If you turn the top control dial to \"auto\" your focal length selections will automatically appear. Although this might be a nice feature for some I don\'t find this as fast as just zooming in. Because the DOF is endless, the turning of the front control ring to get exact FL is sort of dumb IMO. Also in the auto and scene settings the S90 flash has a mind of it\'s own - it pops up when you sometimes don\'t want it.
I also set my ISO, not letting the camera do it for me. The camera will easily go to the top ISO (3200) if you have it on the auto ISO setting. No matter what they say ISO 800 is pushing it.
Finally, the f2 lens is more about letting in more light without having to increase ISO speed than blurred backgrounds. The range of focal lengths on the lens is \"6.0-22.5\". In terms of FF the 22.5 (representing 105mm FL) would be superwide. Great for photojournalism, not to hot for portraits.
Nov 02, 2009 at 10:31 AM
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