John Francis wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 07:48:17PM -0600, 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.
>
> That's precisely why I want a DSLR with good high ISO performance.
> There are many situations (stage performances, night races, etc.)
> where high ISO is what I want.   Long exposures are useless when
> trying to photography moving objects (cars, or even just singers).

Ditto.

Dario 


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