A shot that I consider one of the best of my career was at 3200. But I don't get all bent out of shape about noise or grain. Apparently, some critics agree. http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/index-flash.jsp? #section=ARTIST&subSection=101957&subSubSection=128514&language=EN Paul On Oct 21, 2007, at 9:48 PM, Tom C wrote:
> With the caveat regarding who knows about Pentax?... > > I'd take a full frame sensor that did very well between 200 - 400 > ISO any > day (ISO 800) w/b nice, over any sensor that had marginal high ISO > performance at 1600 and above. I find any photo I take at 1600 or > higher > with the *ist D to be, while documentary, not worth a heck of alot > otherwise. I am loathe to set ISO over 800. > > Thinking back to film, I rarely shot anything over 400, and many > times I was > pushing 100 two stops to get 400. When I needed more light gathering > ability the camera was on a tripod and I used longer shutter speeds. > > I wouldn't mind that at all because I find the high ISO performance of > DSLR's to be no more desirable than the performance of high ISO films. > > Who *seriously* shoots at ISO1600+ and gets results they would rave > about? > For my kind of photgraphy it doesn't work near as well as a lower > ISO and a > tripod. > > Tom C. > > > >> From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor for next >> camera(s) >> Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:47:22 -0400 (EDT) >> >> Adam Maas wrote: >> >>> Not only an old sensor, but one with extremely poor high ISO >> performance >>> (it's the Sensor Kodak used in the DCS14n, DCS/n and DCS/c). >> >> Well they may have improved it since then: The data sheet shows it's >> been revised, January 2007 -- they've nearly doubled the frame rate >> from 1.7 fps to 3 fps, for example. >> >> Not that it has any bearing on Pentax, AFAIK. >> >> BTW: >> http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp? >> forum=1036&message=25298198 >> ;-) >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
