Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here are the pictures I mentioned. Taken at a restaurant in Amsterdam, in pretty dim light. The fact that I only had the 17-35mm zoom with a max. aperture of 2.8 at the wide end did not make things easier (I have bought a couple of fast prime lenses since). I was shooting at ISO 1600, with shutter speeds in the 1/20-1/30 range. The results are here: http://www.leica-gallery.net/wajsman/folder-7186.html Sure, there is some digital noise, and my skills in converting to B&W are still in development, to put it politely. Nonetheless, I am quite happy with the pictures as a memento of an occasion. Nathan Frank Dernie wrote: > A 2 or 3 years ago I took some pictures at 1600 asa with a Canon D30 in > the crypt of a monastery in Northern Spain which was almost dark. The > results were markedly better than film at this speed, and it was this > which was the determining experience in making my Leicas semi retire! > There was even more scepticism from certain LUG members then! It is the > superior low light performance of digital which is its biggest benefit > over film IME. > cheers > Frank > > > On 4 Sep, 2004, at 18:34, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >> Ted Grant wrote: >> >>> So any others out there having a shot at this? And what's your >>> results look >>> like? >> >> >> Hi Ted, >> >> My Canon DSLR has ISO settings going up to 1600, and I find the 800 to >> be excellent and the 1600 highly usable. I may post some pictures I >> took of my wife during our anniversary dinner in an Amsterdam >> restaurant a couple of weeks ago--all shot in dim light at 1600, and >> all highly usable even though shot with a crappy Sigma zoom. >> >> There is no question in my mind that the images I get from this camera >> at 800 or 1600 are superior to film. There is also a pseudo 3200 >> setting--I think all it does is dialling in an extra stop of exposure >> compensation--and that one I find quite ugly. But then again, film I >> have shot at 3200 is also quite ugle...That setting is truly for >> situations where getting an image--any image--is absolutely necessary. >> >> Nathan >> -- >> Nathan Wajsman >> Almere, The Netherlands >> >> General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com >> Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com