Re: The end of the DSLR

ASAAR wrote:
On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:54:27 GMT, David J Taylor wrote:

I disagree here. ISO 1600 with an f/5.6 lens is no big deal, whereas
ISO 1600 with an f/1.4 lens is. That's 4 stops and makes a big
difference. ISO 1600, f/1.4, 1/30s and you are in the range of human
night vision
Pessimistically yours.

You may well be right about the lenses. For the photos I want, ISO
1600 and f/5.6 is good enough - I can appreciate that for others
they may need an even lower light capability.

However. (repeat for effect) However, before you got your Nikon
DSLR and were primarily using your Panasonic P&S, I seem to recall
seeing you often write something equivalent to :

For the photos I want, ISO 100 and f/5.6 is good enough - I can
appreciate that for others they may need an even lower light
capability.

About a month ago I was able to take some nice shots, lit
primarily by the glow from a TV screen. Were it not for having
mounted a 30mm f/1.4 lens, I'd have had to use a speedlight. Put
another way, if you ever get an f/1.4 lens, the range of photos you
want will probably increase.

ASAAR,

It's hardly surprising that I might change my views as available equipment
changes and my own photo needs change.

My earlier Panasonic had an f/3.3 maximum aperture at full zoom, so I'm
not sure where your f/5.6 came from. It is correct that I preferred to
use ISO 100 to keep the noise level to what I wanted. I bought a DSLR
because it had become a cost-effective way of taking better photos (read
shorter exposure photos) in certain available-light conditions, and I have
not been disappointed, as I can now use ISO 1600. I have since bought a
further Panasonic compact camera - because it is compact! Before I had
digital I used film SLRs, and I did actually have f/1.4 lenses. Today, I
prefer to trade f/number for zoom range and weight, as I prefer to carry
the minimum, and that may be a compact camera or a DSLR with a couple of
lenses, depending just what I am doing, and what compromises on the
quality of results I am prepared to make.

Were I after an available-light lens, the Sigma f/1.4 is certainly one I
would consider.

Cheers,
David


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