Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting, the D700 is supposed to have the same sensor/processor as the D3 yet that 6400iso looks a little noisier. Maybe it's just the real low light. Now go try 25,600iso. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle Cassidy" <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:49 PM Subject: [Leica] "available light" now means "light too low for people tosee in" > I'm sure these are popping up all over the intar-webz now, but I > happened to be at the bat house in the Philadelphia zoo last week. It's > very dark in there, too dark for my aged eyes to see anything apart from > the lightly glowing signs. Certainly not enough for me to see any bats. > > Well, I took a photo with the d700 on 400 asa at one second and it > wasn't enough to make out people. I then cranked the ISO up past 6,400 > to the "experimental" range and metered at 1/20th of a second. The VR on > the lens kept it steady enough to get a slightly over-exposed image. > I've pasted the two together with a third box showing what the reduce > noise filter does. > > I can't wait to see what the next few years bring us in terms of light > sensitivity. > > Here's the shot: > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2008/low-light-700.jpg > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information