Anyone who shoots indoor events, including weddings, can benefit from good high ISO performance. And even family pics and portraits are much nicer in available light. I think high ISO performance is a good plus for most photographers. That being said I'm far less offended by noise and/or grain than most. I've seen many comments here -- "too bad it's noisy" -- that really surprised me. Frequently, the noise is minimal. Remember when grain was cool? Last year I think.:-) Paul On Oct 22, 2007, at 12:59 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
> Tom C wrote: > >> Most of you guys are missing my point, or maybe I'm not >> acknowledging that I get yours. >> >> I'm just trying to say that high ISO quality seems to viewed as a >> holy grail in digital photography, and my perception, right, wrong, > > I think you're exactly right, Tom. > > Sure there are a few who really need high ISO performance: sports pros > often shoot football games with a 600/4 and 2x teleconverter under > stadium lighting at night. Closed down 1 f-stop to recover some > sharpness, they're at f/11 and shooting fast action. > > But high ISO performance has become the holy grail for a lot of people > who don't really need it. > > Of course, if it sells cameras then the camera makers have to go for > it... > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
