Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, With a D300, you are going to get more DOF than a film camera, at the same lenses/settings irrespective of what you do anyway. Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:36 PM, J. Newell <john.o.newell at comcast.net>wrote: > > > The answer on the slow ISO sensor, was to shoot wide open in bright light. > I am shooting mostly with a D300 today (sorry), which has a base ISO rating > of 200 and does not perform optimally below that, but it does have 1/8000th > shutter speed so that would get you just down to f/2.8 in sunny-16 > conditions. The note on the ND filters was correct and on my to-do list is > to buy a couple of ND filters for the more likely lenses. > > > > I, too, wonder about our Kodachrome memories being better than reality? I > need to dig out the projector and some old slides this weekend and see. > Perhaps we weren't looking for the same thing "back then," either? I have > been asking myself whether the habit of pixel-peeping at 100% or more has > warped our expectations. I don't think anyone expected to be able to cut > themselves on a 8x12 foot projection? Dunno, memory is a tricky thing. > > > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >