Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>> http://homepage.mac.com/godders/052-batteries.jpg >>> Panasonic L1 + Olympus ZD 35mm f/3.5 Macro >>> ISO 800 @ f/3.5 @ 1/60 sec >>> >> That's a good one---right up my alley in style and feel. For >> pictures like >> this, I've found that the way the camera produces grain-like noise >> makes a >> difference in the quality of the picture. How do you like the way >> the G1 >> behaves in this respect? > >You probably saw my correction after posting this ... this particular >photo was made with the L1 rather than the G1. > >Both the L1 and G1 produce very nice imaging qualities when pushed to >high ISO settings, imo. > >For instance, >http://homepage.mac.com/godders/026-distracted.jpg >was made at ISO 1000 and necessarily underexposed to keep the window >from blowing into saturation. And >http://homepage.mac.com/godders/051-tapped.jpg >was made at ISO 800 in rather odd, very heavily red-yellow arc light, >and produced rather nice characteristics. > >For color, >http://homepage.mac.com/godders/lk-1020212.jpg was made at ISO 1600 @ >f/1.4 @ 1/5 second ... truly dim circumstances ... and I thought the >G1 did remarkably well on noise and texture for that high a >sensitivity in color. > >Godfrey
Godfrey, Thanks for the info. Due to numerous family commitments, I've been following the PDML on a shoewhat sporadic basis. I'm actually very ok with a little (or even more than a little) sensor noise in many cases. Crunchy grain adds a certain immediacy to some images, and a certain texture I like to others. It all comes down to what kind of look it has. Also (I think I already mentioned this when we met at the NorCal meet in Sacramento), I'm really kicking myself for not buying an L1 with that awesome Leica lens when I had the chance. I saw a price from Amazon that was something like $799.... --Mark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
