Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/15

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Subject: [Leica] B&W Leica? Higher ISO
From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:42:20 +1300
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I remember it, looks like 35mm Tri-X at about 800 (or maybe 1600) ASA

john

-----Original Message-----

No it is not - but it helps a lot. Here is a shot (and the next one) at
ISO6400 after sunset in a village:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/_JGJ0870-EditBW.jpg.html

See it large - the result, given the conditions ( very low light, shooting
into a house, etc - if you look, the lights are on inside) is more than
acceptable, there is no smearing, the grain is natural and the black and
white tones are as good as you can get - in fact, most people who have seen
the print cannot believe that it is ISO6400.
IMHO, it is indispensable in both my favourite genres of street and
wildlife. In the former it allows you to shoot in very low light with
impunity, and in the latter it allows for very high shutter speeds to
capture action in indifferent light, which is the norm in the dense Indian
forests. I just leave my Nikon D700 routinely in Auto ISO mode with an upper
limit of 6400, and change the minimum shutter speed depending on the
lens/subject.

Cheers
Jayanand


On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 10:14 AM, John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz>
wrote:

> Obviously there is a place for high ISO (actually high ASA the way we 
> are talking about it) but it is not the be all and end all in image
quality...
>
> john





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