Tri-X heads shooting available light were always looking for more speed. It was the content that counted not so much the quality. I find that both the *ist-D and Ds give better results at 1600 than most any film I've ever used. It's worth raving about.
Tom C wrote: > With the caveat regarding who knows about Pentax?... > > I'd take a full frame sensor that did very well between 200 - 400 ISO any > day (ISO 800) w/b nice, over any sensor that had marginal high ISO > performance at 1600 and above. I find any photo I take at 1600 or higher > with the *ist D to be, while documentary, not worth a heck of alot > otherwise. I am loathe to set ISO over 800. > > Thinking back to film, I rarely shot anything over 400, and many times I was > pushing 100 two stops to get 400. When I needed more light gathering > ability the camera was on a tripod and I used longer shutter speeds. > > I wouldn't mind that at all because I find the high ISO performance of > DSLR's to be no more desirable than the performance of high ISO films. > > Who *seriously* shoots at ISO1600+ and gets results they would rave about? > For my kind of photgraphy it doesn't work near as well as a lower ISO and a > tripod. > > Tom C. > > > > >> From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> Subject: Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor for next camera(s) >> Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:47:22 -0400 (EDT) >> >> Adam Maas wrote: >> >> >>> Not only an old sensor, but one with extremely poor high ISO >>> >> performance >> >>> (it's the Sensor Kodak used in the DCS14n, DCS/n and DCS/c). >>> >> Well they may have improved it since then: The data sheet shows it's >> been revised, January 2007 -- they've nearly doubled the frame rate >> > >from 1.7 fps to 3 fps, for example. > >> Not that it has any bearing on Pentax, AFAIK. >> >> BTW: >> http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=25298198 >> ;-) >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
