X2? I thought you had an M9? On Sep 21, 2012, at 10:19 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi 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. Unless you are photographing something like dancers in a dark room. 25,600 is certainly rough, but not as rough as it would be photographing lindy hoppers at 1/30 Second. > > 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. That's true, if you have the luxury of choosing what you photograph, and in what light. > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
