Given the photos I've seen, 51600 must be the flying saucer setting. On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Miserere <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21 September 2012 13:19, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Miserere <[email protected]> wrote: >>> That Sony 16MP *is* a great sensor. Makes me wonder why 12,500 is the >>> maximum ISO for the X2; the K-5 handled 25,600 rather well, and it was >>> an earlier iteration of the sensor. >> >> I suspect that Leica sets the max ISO to be what they consider passes >> their quality requirements. I've seen K-5 results at 25600; they seem >> noisier than is useful. >> >> Same reason that Leica is showing the new M sensor with a max ISO at >> 6400, I bet. They want max ISO to be completely useable. I've never >> found max ISO to actually be useable except on rare occasion with any >> of my previous cameras. > > The K-5's max ISO is 51,600, and is useless unless you see a flying > saucer landing, but I'd use 25,600 in a pinch (but remember that I do > B&W street photography, so my demands are probably lower than yours). > However, the K10D had a max ISO of 1600 which was very usable, even in > colour. I never understood why they didn't implement ISO 3200. > > I think Leica is being too conservative with ISO...but then that's how > Leica is--conservative :-) > > > —M. > > \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com > > http://EnticingTheLight.com > A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment > > -- > 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.
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