> I hope this somewhat answers youre question. Yeah. Sure did. I learned something. Thanks.
I ask, therefore I am ;-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: herb greenslade [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 22. mars 2006 20:43 > To: Pentax User's group > Subject: Re: How do you select your camera for the day? was: OT: Non- > Pentax eBay Auction Question > > Hi Tim > > I use the Leica for b&w using Ilford 3200 ISO film. I've used this film > from 800 ISO to almost 12800 ISO depending on the lighting. > If I take my LX, I use Fuji Press 800 ISO pushed one stop. I do this > primarily to distinguish the artist from the background. > > I use film almost exclusively when I am seriously shooting these events. > > I have experimented with the *istDS, most recently I've shot at ISO 3200 > with a 1 stop overexposure and this has given me a > satisfactory result. Note that I prefer to convert all colour into b&w. > > My images sometimes tend to be soft because of artist movement, and > difficulty in focusing in low light (the rangefinder of the Leica > is a great help). Of course, the big grain also does its share in > lessening image quality. I'm also foolish enough much of the time to use > my older f4 Pentax lenses on the *istDS handheld. I have no idea > whatsoever why the club(s) I inhabit have such poor lighting, and > then when they do happen to improve on it, the lighting manager or artist > lowers the intensity, or plays in the shadows :-) > > >but why do you change to the Leica when the lighting is extremely bad at > concerts? > > I have much better latitude with film than with digital, also there is the > "noise" issue when shooting at high ISO. Noise doesn't have > the same quality as big clump grain which usually is tolerated in bad > lighting conditions. > > I hope this somewhat answers youre question. > > herb > > Tim Øsleby wrote > Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:32:11 -0800 > > >This may be a naive question, but why do you change to the Leica when the > lighting is extremely bad at concerts? > What I have noticed is that my DS has problems when the light is very red. > Is this what you refer to when saying this, and does the Leica Fuji press > handle this differently? > > > >
