[Leica] a shot in the dark - life at iso 25600

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

I use 12,800 quite a bit (Canon 5D MkII and Canon L zooms).  If I get 
some shadow noise I can fix that with Topaz.  I've never really warmed 
up to the proposition of using 1.0 or so lenses instead of higher ISO's, 
since I need DOF often also.  6,400 and below is just fine.  I think one 
attraction of the high-ISO SLR's is the ability to use zooms.  OK now 
off to Barnes & Noble to check the better photo mag I look at sometimes 
but seldom buy.

Ken Carney

On 8/19/2010 5:20 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> Paul Caponigro has an article  in a  better photo magazine on the rack now
> this months issue I was flipping through for free spilling espresso on it 
> in
> a chain book store last week.
> This comes up on the LUG every few weeks.... Somebody saying in response to
> the Nikon D3s triple digital ISO's and I'm sure a Canon to compete and the
> not so high ISO's of the M9 at this point.
> "Who needs ultra high ISO's?" is the question and in the Leica context 
> there
> is some ultra high glass options we have the other guys perhaps don't.
>
> Paul Caponigro is this article which caught my eye was saying that any
> photographer out there is going to be pushing the envelope on a regular
> bases in order to bring home the shot or he isn't really doing 
> anything.....
>
> Me I always shoot at auto iso and it doesn't go higher than 1600.
> And at 1600 on a D200 with the new CS5 raw noise controls the results are
> much more usable than before. I have to redo a lot of the work I'd made 
> into
> Photoshop files from 2006 to 2009.
>
> Caponigro was saying as I recall to the effect its good to check out the
> third party noise control options and be aware of the cameras which enable
> you to shoot at higher ISO's.
> I'd love to be able to shoot at higher than 1600 speeds I shoot at night 
> all
> the time. And I do miss shots. Too much blur. I'd love to have those shots
> back but they are gone. I'd love to know that next time I'm out shooting in
> those situations I'd be getting those shots.
>
>
> ISO 102,400 is the boost setting on a D3s
> I'm topped out for the most part at 1600
> Lets see
>
> 1600
> 3200    2x  1 stop
> 6400    4x  2 stops
> 12,800  8x  3 stops
> 25,600  16x 4 stops
> 51,200  32x 5 stops
> 102,400 64x 6 stops
>
>
> So if I moved up from my D200 to a D3s I'd be able to have 64 times more
> light to shoot with or six f stops or shudder speeds.
> If I'm doing a shot at F 2 now I'd be shooting at f16 when I get my new
> camera and new life.
> If I'm shooting at a 15th of a seconds now I move to 1000th of a second
> then.
> I think literally we are talking about the difference between day and night
> here. I'll be easily happy to meet you halfway on it.
> 3 stops.
>
> Realistically instead of f2 at 15th I move to 5.6 at a 60th.
> That's six stops but using both I think.
> It means no blur for two reasons.
> You get it in focas. And you or they are not moving. That's three reasons.
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