Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:04:52 -0500 > From: Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu> > Subject: [Leica] accidentally left the ISO setting on 6400 -- dang! > To: "lug at leica-users.org" <lug at leica-users.org> > > Friday I was taking some photos in a bar (what else is new) and I > had the ISO cranked to 6400 on my Leica d700 and I was so ... er ... > enthusiastic? ... er "well cared for by my friends?" ... er ... > overserved? that the next morning when I got up, I totally forgot > I'd taken the ISO off of 400 (which I never do) and ended up going > on about my business that day. > > -- Which is how, that afternoon, I shot this photo of Comic Book > Illustrator Mike Kaluta at a crazy unheard of film speed. Only when > I'd left did it strike me as odd that my shutter speed was 1,600 > second. "Aw dang!" I thought when I realized what I'd done, "I > ruined that one". > > Well, maybe not! 6400 asa isn't nearly as grainy as I'd been > expecting it was. Here's a full frame 1600 pixels high: > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/whoops.jpg > > And here's a full resolution of the eye: > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/whoops2.jpg > > Imagine what the next iteration of cameras will bring us -- the > ability to choose to stop action in dark situations, not a whole new > world, but a new island maybe. > > f 2.8, 70mm, 6400 asa, 1,600 sec Leica 700. > > > keep pushing that shutter button > > kc Hi Kyle, Great illustration of the high ISO low noise capability of the D700. I set mine on auto ISO topping out at ISO 6400 and I don't even think about it any more. I'm sure the Canon 5d MkII is equally good for the Canon lovers on the list! Great pix BTW. Cheers Howard