peterm1
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They are extremely nice photos Raid.
Although I thought I would not often use such ISO settings when I first got a camera that was capable of them, (not an m10 unfortunately 🙂 ) I came to find it at first useful and then liberating. The liberation came from two things. The first is that a camera that handles say ISO 3200 and can be relied upon to produce nice images at that sensitivity is invariably able to also handle lower ISO settings with ease. Second it allows me to set my camera to auto ISO with a range from base ISO to say 3200 or maybe even 6400 and know that I do not have to worry about that parameter, I can concentrate on shooting. Of course I do not always do that - sometimes something closer to base ISO can offer other advantages such as the ability to cope with wide opens fast lenses in daylight.
I recently bought a Sony A7s (first version) second hand. Like many such purchases it was more or less a spur of the moment decision and an emotional purchase rather than a considered one. Though I had researched it a bit in advance and more or less knew what I was buying. Of course the ultra high capabilities were not the real reason for my purchase as such. It was more that it was a camera which is touted as being great for video and I have been thinking about doing some blogging using video.
But when I tried out the camera with some classic lenses what impressed me was it image quality more or less "ordinary" ISO settings - say below 1200 (ordinary by today's standards that is). It produces beautiful images with good color and excellent dynamic range - so I now have less worry about crushed blacks and blown highlights when out shooting and I can be pretty sure that if I do my job the camera will do its job. For me that is the real advantage of a great camera with good high ISO capabilities as I would anticipate seldom really needing to take photos at ISO 25000 or higher.
So shoot on and have fun.
Although I thought I would not often use such ISO settings when I first got a camera that was capable of them, (not an m10 unfortunately 🙂 ) I came to find it at first useful and then liberating. The liberation came from two things. The first is that a camera that handles say ISO 3200 and can be relied upon to produce nice images at that sensitivity is invariably able to also handle lower ISO settings with ease. Second it allows me to set my camera to auto ISO with a range from base ISO to say 3200 or maybe even 6400 and know that I do not have to worry about that parameter, I can concentrate on shooting. Of course I do not always do that - sometimes something closer to base ISO can offer other advantages such as the ability to cope with wide opens fast lenses in daylight.
I recently bought a Sony A7s (first version) second hand. Like many such purchases it was more or less a spur of the moment decision and an emotional purchase rather than a considered one. Though I had researched it a bit in advance and more or less knew what I was buying. Of course the ultra high capabilities were not the real reason for my purchase as such. It was more that it was a camera which is touted as being great for video and I have been thinking about doing some blogging using video.
But when I tried out the camera with some classic lenses what impressed me was it image quality more or less "ordinary" ISO settings - say below 1200 (ordinary by today's standards that is). It produces beautiful images with good color and excellent dynamic range - so I now have less worry about crushed blacks and blown highlights when out shooting and I can be pretty sure that if I do my job the camera will do its job. For me that is the real advantage of a great camera with good high ISO capabilities as I would anticipate seldom really needing to take photos at ISO 25000 or higher.
So shoot on and have fun.
