Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Talking of equivalent film speed has anybody tried the film trick of pushing 2 stops at the 800 asa setting and "correcting" exposure in the RAW convertor? Could work - may give it a try myself on my digital. Frank On 1 Feb, 2006, at 11:57, Nick Roberts wrote: > When UK's "Amateur Photographer" magazine reviewed the > DMR, they similarly bemoaned the limiting of the ISO > range because of the excellent capabilities of the > device, and were confident that it could cope not just > with 1600, but with 3200 and that it was thus an > opportunity missed. Now I know some people cannot > conceive of ever using such a speed (hello, Peter!), > but it's surely one of the huge advantages of digital > capture. Excellent quality at low settings, as > witnessed by Peter's shots, and the ability to get a > usable shot in pretty dark conditions with just a > simple adjustment. I'm sure Leica will address this in > future, but in the meantime, it's not the tool for > Ted. Which is a shame. > > Nick > > --- Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> on 1/31/06 10:50 PM, Ted Grant at tedgrant@shaw.ca >> wrote: >> >>> For the moment there isn't a hope in hell I'd buy >> one to use on the type of >>> assignments I shoot, unless without question, the >> meter can be set at ASA >>> 1600 and 3200. And it produces better quality >> capture than my Leicanon 20D >>> at those ASA ratings. >> >> Ted, you might be interested in this thread on >> photo.net: >> >> > http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00F5p6 >> >> No mention of 3200 but 1600 is described as a 'no >> brainer'. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >> more information >> > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all > new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information