ISO setting annoyances (Maybe I am missing something)

Manual with Auto ISO...gets it 90% of the time...just make sure your metering mode is correct for the situation.

On the 60D the ISO button on the top "feels" different to the other buttons... it has a pimple on it.
Hence it's easy to find when looking through the viewfinder.
I quickly got used to it.

Dick Emery wrote in post #16371010
Big thanks for pointing that out to me. It works great! I just wish I could have assigned it to the DOF preview button instead leaving the set button for live view. It's certainly better than the previous ISO button method though!

Isn't that what the start/stop buttons does? My 5DIII has that button and is what I use for live view/video.

PH68 wrote in post #16371133
On the 60D the ISO button on the top "feels" different to the other buttons... it has a pimple on it.
Hence it's easy to find when looking through the viewfinder.
I quickly got used to it.

Same on 70D but for some reason I still am fumbling to find it -- but using SET and the wheel is working fine for me. Sounds like that is what the OP was looking for as well.

the ISO buttons on my 40D and 5D make adjusting on the fly significantly easier than on the D7000, D200 or D700 I have had or currently have. The only saving grace for the 2 newer Nikons was their very good Auto ISO implementations.

I'm not sure assigning the DOF preview button would improve things much, if at all as you still need to scroll to adjust and really should be giving at least a cursory check that the new sensitivity gives you the sort of results you wanted. You are only skipping a single momentary button press for the finger used on the shutter (and substituting with a single momentary button press for another digit)

Dick Emery wrote in post #16370958
To be honest my shooting style has always been the same. But my brother just got a D3100 and his own research bought this up and I thought I would look into my previous shooting style and see if changing it would improve my keeper count.

Wait a minute here.... I know, off topic but you said your bro bought Nikon... and I'm guessing here... based on the forum, you shoot Canon... family feud, or what? Who else could you talk into buying gear you really want to borrow... if it was compatible!

not much hope for those of us who use multiple platforms (sometimes on the same shoot) then?

dnauer wrote in post #16371353
Same on 70D but for some reason I still am fumbling to find it -- but using SET and the wheel is working fine for me. Sounds like that is what the OP was looking for as well.

Another vote for the SET button. I shoot mainly in manual and this allows me to control the shutter speed, aperture and iso with just my thumb and forefinger while still looking through the VF. Never could get to grips with the dedicated iso button as it is so small and so close to several other buttons - I usually ended up hitting the wrong one.

Shane W wrote in post #16371775
Wait a minute here.... I know, off topic but you said your bro bought Nikon... and I'm guessing here... based on the forum, you shoot Canon... family feud, or what? Who else could you talk into buying gear you really want to borrow... if it was compatible!

Based purely on cost. He could barely afford it. All other models were out of his budget. Otherwise I would have got him to get a Canon so we could borrow each others gear

As I was reading I was thinking auto-iso like someone else suggested, is there a reason you don't want to use that?

In regards to not seeing the meter while adjusting, I have also gotten used to eyeing the meter to see how many stops I need to notch ISO to get to where I want before hitting the button. Of course, that doesn't help if I'm more than 2 or 3 stops away, but in that case I've probably completely changed subjects and/or directions and should take some time to get a little set up before firing off shots.

on 5D3 - I have the SET button to ISO, so holding it pressed and rolling top wheel goes through the ISO range - easiest ISO setup I've come across so far

redrider_99 wrote in post #16373274
As I was reading I was thinking auto-iso like someone else suggested, is there a reason you don't want to use that?

In regards to not seeing the meter while adjusting, I have also gotten used to eyeing the meter to see how many stops I need to notch ISO to get to where I want before hitting the button. Of course, that doesn't help if I'm more than 2 or 3 stops away, but in that case I've probably completely changed subjects and/or directions and should take some time to get a little set up before firing off shots.

he would need to test out auto ISO to determine if the shortfalls of the Canon implementation are an issue or not. Not sure how well it works in the 70D

use AV mode and auto ISO with minimum shutter speed limit. The only time I adjust ISO manually is when I flash or shoot landscapes.

I use the SET button for ISO on my 6D - works a treat.

Two things about it although I can't say for certain if these are the same on the 7 cameras.

1) When SET is pressed while in Auto ISO, the ISO will be at the currently metered value and can be dialed up or down from there. Brilliant! No starting at 100 or other speed that is often way off where I want to end up.

2) Auto ISO cannot be selected using the SET method. I often shoot Auto ISO and use the SET method to freeze the ISO. Just have to use the top ISO button to get back to Auto.

- g