How low can you go? Pics please.

[Johnmcd]

Show us how steady you are 🙂

I think 800 iso is the sweet spot for low light with the R-D1. Therefore I like to keep it there and go the lower shutter speed when necessary.

How low can you go and still be sharp?

To start the ball rolling.

800 iso - 1/8 sec at F2.8 (from memory) Nokton 40

Cheers,

John

 

[thafred]

Great shot John, looks very sharp for 1/8th! also the quality is very good 🙂

my lower limit seems to be 1/8th too (with my 40 or 28 lens).. thou sometimes I can go as low as 1/4th and still get a usable image:

 

[Johnmcd]

Thanks.

Nice capture of the 'hustle and bustle'. Blurry in all the right places 🙂

Cheers,

John

 

[chambrenoire]

Yashica Mat @ 1/25, f/3.5 with Kodak Portra 160NC

 

[Johnmcd]

Yashica Mat @ 1/25, f/3.5 with Kodak Portra 160NC

Gotta love the 6x6!

 

[chambrenoire]

Oops, didn't see this thread was in the R-D1 section 😀
Sorry!

 

[Johnmcd]

Oops, didn't see this thread was in the R-D1 section 😀
Sorry!

Enjoyed seeing it anyway 🙂 Nice colour and composition.

Keeping my eye out for a cheap MF but maybe it's just GAS!

 

[chambrenoire]

Try out a TLR like the Yashica Mat / Rolleiflex, if you're lucky you can find one for 0-100$ in good condition. I bought my Yashica Mat for about $80 and it works like a clock. The Pentacon Six TL are nice too with Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, the 80/2.8 Biometar is superb. Good luck with the MF!

 

[Don Gage]

John,
Here is my "How slow can you go?" image.

1/4 second @f5.6 handheld in the lobby of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV.
Don.

 

[Johnmcd]

View attachment 54738John,
Here is my "How slow can you go?" image.

1/4 second @f5.6 handheld in the lobby of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV.
Don.

Great shot Don. The blur of moving people gives it life. Thanks.

John

 

[payasam]

Don't see why this thread should be specific to the R-D1.

With an M Leica or a 35 mm SLR, I have usually been safe down to 1/4 sec. with normal and wide lenses. Couldn't manage it, though, with the IIIc I had, and cannot manage it (yet) with my digital SLR.

 

[nksyoon]

1/15 at ISO1600 - reasonably sharp

2.3 secs at ISO1600 - not sharp

 

[Geo]

Paris / Metro
This is my "how low can you go" shot; 1/10th and ISO1600, while I was leaning
against a wall.
Geo

 

[jl-lb.ms]

1/15

 

[Bill Blackwell]

I read your headline a little differently...

When I was on vacation last month I visited an air museum on Phoenix, AZ, where there was a toy plane setting among the much larger "real things."

This was a peddle plane designed for a six or seven year-old measuring about three feet from front to back.

So I put my camera on the floor and took the picture.

 

[nikon_sam]

Bill,
That's what I thought too...but then saw the pictures and captions and had to rethink this thread...
With a RF I think I got as low as 1/15...the same with a Yashicamat 124g...

 

[Johnmcd]

Paris / Metro
This is my "how low can you go" shot; 1/10th and ISO1600, while I was leaning
against a wall.
Geo

Fantastic - love the colour and the composition!

 

[georgef]

RD-1, CV ultron 28, iso 800: 1 sec at f 1.9.

 

[ZorkiKat]

1 or 1/2 second. R-D1s + Jupiter-3 50mm @f/1,5. Camera set on BW mode at ISO 1600). Hand held, not too sharp because the subjects didn't hold still 🙂

 

[Johnmcd]

1 or 1/2 second. R-D1s + Jupiter-3 50mm @f/1,5. Camera set on BW mode at ISO 1600). Hand held, not too sharp because the subjects didn't hold still 🙂

This photo has 'life'! And life doesn't stand still... Great capture.

John