Mark Roberts wrote: >But high ISO performance has become the holy grail for a lot of people >who don't really need it. > >Of course, if it sells cameras then the camera makers have to go for >it...
That's a big paradigm shift, huh? It used to be the camera body was relatively unrelated to ISO performance and film (and of course the lens) was the factor. Now the body itself has taken on a larger role. If it was just as easy as plugging in different sensors! Tom C. >From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor for next camera(s) >Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:59:15 -0400 (EDT) > >Tom C wrote: > > >Most of you guys are missing my point, or maybe I'm not > >acknowledging that I get yours. > > > >I'm just trying to say that high ISO quality seems to viewed as a > >holy grail in digital photography, and my perception, right, wrong, > >I think you're exactly right, Tom. > >Sure there are a few who really need high ISO performance: sports pros >often shoot football games with a 600/4 and 2x teleconverter under >stadium lighting at night. Closed down 1 f-stop to recover some >sharpness, they're at f/11 and shooting fast action. > >But high ISO performance has become the holy grail for a lot of people >who don't really need it. > >Of course, if it sells cameras then the camera makers have to go for >it... > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
