Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Daniel, > > > But if you insist, I will. The ND and ISO 100 is like saying > > > this new six speed transmission in may car runs great---just > don't take it > > > out of first gear. > > > > No, it's not the same. You get the image with the N Digital, > and the image > > is exceptional. Your analogy does not hold. > > And you can go someplace in first gear ... maybe not everywhere you want > to, but it will take you forward. Just like EI 100 is ok, sometimes, but > it just won't take most of the pictures you want. The ones it will take > are probably just super, though very monotonous, most likely. Just like > first gear. An excellent analogy. I disagree, the analogy doesn't hold at all. With only 1st gear, you don't get full practical use of the car. With ISO 100, you do get full use of the camera, and it's image taking ability. You are equating an ISO 100 film then with not full use, which is obviously nonsense, you are getting FULL use of the camera at ISO 100. When you choose a film that is ISO 100, you KNOW you are getting a film that is ISO 100. When you buy a car that has 6 gears, there is really not much to using the upper gears that is different than using the lower ones, which is NOT the case with the response curve of a CCD. Now, if you want to equate it with something like "noise", then yes, when the car goes faster, the noise in the car increases, just like the noise in the CCD increases. Is the car still usable? Certainly. Does the increased noise at higher speed mean the car is junk? Certainly not. Point is, at ISO 100, you ARE realizing the full imaging potential of the camera. Using 1st gear, you are not realizing the full driving potential of the car. Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html