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Subject: [Leica] iso 100.000+??
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:03:55 -0700
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On Oct 22, 2009, at 7:38 AM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca>  
wrote:

>>>>> > Why do we need iso 100,000?  I seem to remember we all got along
>> > just fine with iso 400 or 800.  Seems like just a race to see who
>> > can supply the highest iso before the next guy.<<<<<<
>
> It simply means the "techies" of the world are in a race and in  
> reality it's quite meaningless to normal every day picture taking  
> folks. However??? :-) I'd sure love to have a go shooting at the  
> 100,000 ASA just for the hell of it to see what one could do without  
> light! I suppose it could be useful under secretive surveillance  
> situations, but the curiousity is more of interest than anything in  
> a normal every day use. But I have been known to be wrong. ;-)
>
> It's the whole digital concept every time we turn around..........  
> BIGGER IS BETTER bs!" Practical everday use for most of the folks  
> here? It means diddly! I could be wrong again because maybe someone  
> is a CIA operative! :-) Bet nobody ever thought of that one! ;-)


my reasoning generally concurs Ted, but for every rule there are  
exceptions, and I'm sure that there are extreme combinations of  
factors...you would know them better than I ....where one needs a lot  
higher ISO's, I suspect not too often for most people, even pros...

so "every day picture taking" is the operative phrase, to which some  
one will add...but  !

Steve


>
> ted
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <grduprey at mchsi.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] iso 100.000+??
>
>
>>
>>
>> Same here, Steve, I still shoot at 400 max most of the time, with  
>> an occasional 800.
>>
>>
>> Gene  -------------- Original message from Steve Barbour <steve.barbour 
>> at gmail.com 
>> >: --------------
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 21, 2009, at 10:19 PM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Why do we need iso 100,000?  I seem to remember we all got along
>>> > just fine with iso 400 or 800.  Seems like just a race to see who
>>> > can supply the highest iso before the next guy.
>>>
>>>
>>> good question...
>>>
>>> I used to shoot in almost total darkness with asa 400 on film at   
>>> f1,
>>> a  Noctilux, that was usually fine...
>>>
>>> now we have fast lenses with ISO   400-800, even 1200...
>>>
>>>
>>> what am I missing?
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Gene
>>> >
>>> > -------------- Original message from mehrdad :
>>> > --------------
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> i know with the m8 & m9 we are struggling with iso 1250, i guess
>>> >> when m12 is
>>> >> out leica will catch up with todays canon
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:27 PM, simon jessurun wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0910/09102001canon1d4.aspbest,simon
>>> >>> amsterdam
>>> >>>
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