It seems we may be dancing around the term high ISO. How do you define it?
With film I thought 400 was sometimes getting into high ISO territory. With DSLR's I consider high ISO to be 1600 and above. More or less, when I can see image degradation without magnification. Tom C. >From: Paul Stenquist <[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 13:28:56 -0400 > >Anyone who shoots indoor events, including weddings, can benefit from >good high ISO performance. And even family pics and portraits are >much nicer in available light. I think high ISO performance is a good >plus for most photographers. That being said I'm far less offended by >noise and/or grain than most. I've seen many comments here -- "too >bad it's noisy" -- that really surprised me. Frequently, the noise is >minimal. Remember when grain was cool? Last year I think.:-) >Paul >On Oct 22, 2007, at 12:59 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > > 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. -- 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.
