Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle Cassidy offered: Subject: [Leica] "available light" now means "light too low for people to see in" >>>>I'm sure these are popping up all over the intar-webz now, but I happened to be at the bat house in the Philadelphia zoo last week. It's very dark in there, too dark for my aged eyes to see anything apart from the lightly glowing signs. Certainly not enough for me to see any bats. >>>Well, I took a photo with the d700 on 400 asa at one second and it wasn't enough to make out people. I then cranked the ISO up past 6,400 to the "experimental" range and metered at 1/20th of a second. The VR on the lens kept it steady enough to get a slightly over-exposed image. I've pasted the two together with a third box showing what the reduce noise filter does. >>>>I can't wait to see what the next few years bring us in terms of light sensitivity. Here's the shot: http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2008/low-light-700.jpg <<< Kyle, The maddening thing about technical developments like these? They're 40 years too late! :-( Like where were they when I was pushing high speed Ektachrome slide film 2 or 3 stops? We wont go into the technical look as people wouldn't believe the reproduction in magazines. ted