I still shoot iSO 400 film, and in terms of exposure values, it's virtually identical to ISO 400 on my K-5. Perhaps you're shooting at different shutter speeds and/or stops?
On Mar 15, 2013, at 4:49 AM, Bipin Gupta <bip...@gmail.com> wrote: > I started off with 120 film rolls on TLRs to 35mm film on my trusted > Pentax K1000 SE and now to Pentax K20D & K-5 DSLRS. The fastest film I > used were 400 ASA back then, and were able to capture night scenes of > streets and motels with their colorful flashing neon lights pretty > bright and clear - camera hand held. > But with today's hi-tech DSLRs I need ISO 1200 to 1600 to capture the > same night scenes handheld. I agree I am an old fart now, but assuming > ASA = ISO (can I?), why this huge jump from 400 ASA to 1200 ISO in the > digital world for the same night scenes?? I am certain LEDs and neon > signs are brighter today then circa 1978 when I worked at GM Cleveland > and Hudson. > Can some kind PDMLer folks solve this mighty mystery for me? > With my humble Regards. > Bipin - from that far away enchanting land. > > -- > 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.
