Larry, I opine that this is quite natural. You see, when one sees the
specs (K-5 can shoot at ISO 51200 and D600 if I am not mistaken can go
to ISO 25600) one does not notice how dark it may be. That is, if I take
my DA* 16-50/2.8 lens, and have to shoot at 1/30 sec, ISO 6400, I kind
of "assume" that all other camera systems should work just so, but of
course they don't.
I would suggest to you to suggest to your friend to give his camera a
second chance having the above idea in mind.
Here I'd like to recollect my most recent experience. My friends from
Moscow Uni where I studied, and I went to one of the local restaurants
for an evening meal and a friendly chat. That photograph of a night sea
shore that I recently posted is from that meeting. I was with K-5 and
DA* 16-50/2.8 and one of my friends was with Canon 7D and Sigma
17-50/2.8 HSM OS. So in a sense we were on par in terms of gear. My K-5
really struggled with AF at ISO 3200, f/2.8, 1/25 sec. I tried his
camera - it was fast and very sure of itself - no or just minimal
hunting. In terms of noise K-5 was clearly superior, but other than that
- 7D was totally no slouch. I don't think that modern D600 would have
done worse than rather oldish 7D in this kind of situation.
So I am thinking that your friend indeed is simply pushing his camera
far too deep into the shadows, in a manner of speaking.
On 12/22/2012 10:07 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
A friend of mine recently picked up a D600, primarily for
photographing dancers. I was talking to him tonight and he is
thinking of returning it. He is completely disappointed in it's lack
of ability to focus in low light.
Just sayin'
I do hope to do a side by side with it and the K-5 in the near
future.
-- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est
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