Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/15

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Subject: [Leica] B&W Leica? Higher ISO
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:00:32 +0530
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I am coming a little late to this - but have only this to say - if you
have not experienced the liberating tendencies of a very usable
ISO6400, you are missing something!  IMHO, of course!!!

It has the same effect as a few tots of Lagavulin...(-:

Cheers
Jayanand


On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Richard Man
<richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
> The Halloween images are the prime examples of goodness of high ISO. I
> would have loved to have clean ISO3200/6400 for the Occupy images. Shooting
> at 1600 F1.4 can be effective, but it would also good to have choices of
> 6400 at F2.8. Sometimes you don't get to choose. If at 5AM in the morning
> is where the images are, then you take photographs at 5AM.
>
> Different strokes for different folks. This is why Nikon D3 comes in high
> ISO / fast FPS and high image quality / low ISO.
>
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Here's some example shots
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>>
>> --
>> Mark R.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/
>>
>>
>> > From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
>> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> > Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:40:48 +0000
>> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> > Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W Leica? Higher ISO
>> >
>> > I think Kens comment went whoosh.....
>> >
>> > Have you got any example shots?
>> >
>> > john
>> > ________________________________________
>> >
>> >
>> > If you're like me without a flash you never tried got get someone
>> running at
>> > night. But once you've used a modern full frame DSLR you'll realize
>> that's
>> > well within your capability. The shock doesn't come then. It comes when
>> you
>> > find yourself in a situation wanting to do that but you cant as you're
>> gear
>> > you're using that does is not up to it.
>> > Then the idea of telling people at night to hold still for the photo and
>> > stand together in a straight line becuae you're shooting wide open will
>> not
>> > be at all appealing.
>> > Stand in a straight line. And hold real still.
>> > Vs
>> > Do whatever you want.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Mark R.
>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/
>> >
>> >
>> >> From: Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net>
>> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> >> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:40:43 -0500
>> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W Leica? Higher ISO
>> >>
>> >> On 3/15/2012 5:24 PM, Sonny Carter wrote:
>> >>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Mark Rabiner<mark at 
>> >>> rabinergroup.com>
>> ?wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> For capturing fast action at night.
>> >>>> It gets dark. People don't slow down.
>> >>>> They run down dark sidewalks. The other photographers can easily get
>> it.
>> >>>> You
>> >>>> can't. Not good.
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm trying to remember the last time I tried to shoot someone running
>> down
>> >>> a dark sidewalk.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >> That probably happens a lot in LA and NY. ?Oh wait, we're talking about
>> >> photo gear.
>> >>
>> >> Ken
>> >>
>> >
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>>
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>
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