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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 31/12/2012: serious young man and high ISO
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 07:02:03 +0100
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Thanks Charlie--apparently I did need ISO 6400, the lens was already at its 
maximum aperture (f2.8 in this case). 

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/


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YNWA








On Jan 2, 2013, at 12:09 AM, Charlie Chan wrote:

> Natahn,
> 
> Beautiful studies. The one of the pen and equations is great. Do you 
> really need ISO 6400? If you shot this at F1.4 or F2, you could probably 
> have shot this on a DMR!*!*!
> 
> Happy New Year
> 
> Charlie
> 
> Charlie Chan
> www.charlie-chan.co.uk
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 1 Jan 2013, at 17:35, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> 
>> My son is 23 and in his last year of the Masters programme in Aerospace 
>> Engineering at the University of Bath. He is spending his Christmas break 
>> with us here in Alicante, but he has been putting in at least 3-4 hours a 
>> day doing this, including on the last day of the year:
>> 
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2299239620&k=BMv22wQ&lb=1&s=O
>> 
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2299239724&k=cQmKrkc&lb=1&s=O
>> 
>> I am very proud of him. 
>> 
>> On a technical note: these images were taken at ISO 6400 and a relatively 
>> wide aperture with a 100mm macro lens. Oh how I wish that my Leicas could 
>> do something similar at such ISO speeds. When the light is good, the 
>> Leica glass blows anything else away; but when it is dark(ish), the 
>> inferior sensors let down those magnificent lenses.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>> 
>> 
>> Sign my petition against the gun lobby:
>> 
>> https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/include-nra-list-terrorist-organizations-group-actively-promotes-killing-us-civilians/GgyPdyy4
>> 
>> YNWA
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Nathan's PAD 31/12/2012: serious young man and high ISO)
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