On Feb 14, 2013, at 1:06 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, Charles Robinson wrote: >> On Feb 14, 2013, at 13:56 , Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >> I've been very impressed with ISO 6400 as well. I've got no qualms >> about shooting right up to that level (my auto-iso is set for that) >> even when I could open up the lens a little bit and notch it down. >> Depth-of-field, MTF, whatever tends to win over needing a lower ISO. >> It's that good. >> >> I don't think, however, that 12800 and/or higher are worth it. > > Actually, Larry's the one who convinced me that you're wrong: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8366084507/in/set-72157632485855236 > > There's surely noise but ya gotta ask yourself: would I rather give up > that shot?
We've certainly gotten spoiled when we don't want to shoot over 6400 because at that point it starts getting rougher than Kodacolor 100. -- 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.

