I'm able to use the AF400T with the *istD on TTL. Good exposures are no problem at ISO 400.
I find that the *istD records skin tones quite accurately. I shoot RAW and adjust color temperature as necessary. I have never tried shooting tiff or jpeg, so I can't speak to that. I have shown *istD work in a rather prestigious local gallery and will do so again this winter. Paul > On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:12:49 -0800 > "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > apart from a friend dropping one of > > my Leicas and needing to replace the rangefinder unit > does this 'friend' sleep with the fishes? > > Typical problems with digital. > > * All images need retouching as skin tones are poor. > * The *istD TTL flash is unusable which is ok for me and my Metz but > my 360FGZ sits in a box. > * dust on the censor needs cleaning often. I have used the *istD in > the field and it needed constant cleaning. > * You need a constant supply of batteries to keep it running. I use > a bunch of NiMH batteries. More costs involoved here. > * Black and white... just forget it, use film. Digital is not a black and > white medium at this time. > > Having said that, I have never had a card fail on me and have never > lost an image with the *istD. My maximum for memory cards is 256 Meg. > Should one ever fail, all will not be lost. > > In my local photographic we now see an endless stream of digitally > 'enhanced' images, rarely are they of quality and these are from > photographers whos works I quite admired before they swithched wholly > to digital. > > I have never had a problem with the *istD that I could not get the job > done. For me, the *istD solves a problem of grain in very low light situations > such as stage performance. I use it in the studio also, but not as much as > my 6x7 these days. > > I believe if you follow your own suggestion of not replacing film but as a > supplimental system you would be happy with it. It has served me well as > another photographic tool. > > I have been asked by the local art gallery to produce a range of images for > display, and these will all be done in black and white and the 6x7. I cannot > imagine even trying this with digital. > > Kind regards > Kevin > > > > > -- > "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. > Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." >
