Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fair call, Jeff, assuming of course the maximum aperture is the same ;-) I don't see any Nikkor pro FX zooms faster than f/2.8? and of course they're large. Horses for courses and all of that. The D700 seems to be a real sweet spot in their range for enthusiasts. I'm with you on comparing the M8/9 to any films I'd used previously. Looking at Kyle's result, you'd have to be happy with that performance. All of the ultra high ISO numbers in the newest Nikons and Canons seem over the top to me, personally. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 2 February 2010 07:46, Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org> wrote: > 2010-01-31-22:04:52 Kyle Cassidy: > > -- Which is how, that afternoon, I shot this photo of Comic Book > Illustrator Mike Kaluta at a crazy unheard of film speed. Only when I'd > left > did it strike me as odd that my shutter speed was 1,600 second. "Aw dang!" > I > thought when I realized what I'd done, "I ruined that one". > > > > Well, maybe not! 6400 asa isn't nearly as grainy as I'd been expecting it > was. Here's a full frame 1600 pixels high: > > > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/whoops.jpg > > Cool. And you didn't have to worry about motion blur... :-) > > So under these circumstances 6400 from a D700 looks pretty similar to > 1250 from an M9. And Leica "1250" is usually about as actually > light-sensitive as other people's "1600", at least per some dpreview > articles I read awhile back. > > So a good solid two stops' advantage from the D700. I can believe > that, and can happily live with it while using my M9 for the other > advantages the M9 has for me. I find your result both impressive, and > less mystically, impossibly so than some reports had suggested. > > Hell, the M8 was already better in low light than any film I used to > use. Anything else is gravy. > > Mostly: congratulations on not having had to re-shoot. > > -Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >