What is the best DSLR for low light photography?
Kind of miss the really low ISO films though.
Matthew
PS another excellent photo:
www.photographytalk.com/component/simgal...c=viewphoto&id=47786
Matthew L Kees
MLK Studios Photography School
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"Every artist, was once an amateur"
MLKstudios wrote: Really nice shot John. An ISO of 800 was about as high as you could go in the film days. Some claimed to be 1000. The 3200 T-Max was really 800 ISO with a two stop "push". The 3200 was an E.I. rating. S'why it had a "P" on the end, for Push.
Kind of miss the really low ISO films though.
Matthew
PS another excellent photo:
www.photographytalk.com/component/simgal...c=viewphoto&id=47786
He said "DSLR" not "SLR" please stay on topic.
Joves wrote:
Have to agree for clean night images. If you are talking more light then most of the newer models handle higher ISOs much better up to 3200, some even do 6400 well enough. But for night D3s own its.Stealthy Ninja wrote: I'll answer the threads direct question directly:
Q: What is the best DSLR for low light photography?
A: Nikon D3s.
Yeah true, but the D3s is more than usable up to 12800iso. Basically you can shoot in the dark. In fact I once took a shot in the dark (on a river in Malaysia). It was almost pitch black, I couldn't autofocus... heck I couldn't even see the lens to get an approximate focus... here's the picture:
102400iso
Then if you're talking less extreme... then the D3s is even better so at lower ISO (3200 etc.) so the fact remains that the D3s is better in low light, even if you call 3200iso situations "low light".
But yeah, you can get good images out of a 5Dii or 1Div etc. in normal low light. Just not as good as the D3s.
I shoot with a DSLR too, but when shooting film I use "available" film. Whatever film is available.
Matthew L Kees
MLK Studios Photography School
www.MLKstudios.com
[email protected]
"Every artist, was once an amateur"
BTW do you think the OP is going to go buy a D3s immediately? Maybe she should start with something a bit cheaper? Get a few good lenses first, before upgrading to an $8K camera?
Maybe?
Matthew L Kees
MLK Studios Photography School
www.MLKstudios.com
[email protected]
"Every artist, was once an amateur"
MLKstudios wrote: SN, people often talk in tangents. It's normal.
BTW do you think the OP is going to go buy a D3s immediately? Maybe he (or she) should start with something a bit cheaper? Get a few good lenses first, before upgrading to an $8K camera?
Maybe?
It's called being off topic.
Doesn't matter what the OP will or won't buy, that's not what she's asking. She's asking which camera is best for low light photography, not which camera she should buy.
She may never come back to read it.
Matthew L Kees
MLK Studios Photography School
www.MLKstudios.com
[email protected]
"Every artist, was once an amateur"
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