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John Skinner wrote:
It's hard to imagine that the race to 'trade and up-grade' that was once something that one only experienced working behind the counter of a camera store counter, has now gone global.. We all talk about it together in a huge forum type settings, and it's just like to old days when the 'daily fixture' types would come in and talk, brag, compare all of their new acquisitions.
Looking back on the original D1 when introduced, I remember getting a full edge to edge 8 X 10 from a Nikon Rep of a woman boxer wearing a red foam head guard. Along with that came all the tech specs of this new digital body and what it was going to do for the future of photography.
Good Pictures? You bet.. Better than I ever thought possible from a digital body. But when placed under close scrutiny, one wasn't about to walk away from film anytime soon.
But once these sensors surpassed that of the film we were using and we were capable of getting the same size enlargements out of them, then it became a question of merely bells & whistles.
ISO Range, AF Speed, Battery Life, Body Build etc...
Like I need 128 focus points
So when I read about people touting the extremely clean looks of images made at 800-1600+ ISO, I always think about those daily guys that would come in and yak it up about needing the best, the latest, the greatest piece of new kit to come down the pike.
Bottom line (IMHO) is that, I WANT some noise in my high ISO shots. It's the way photos have looked since photos have been created. I've learned to use that in my composition and expect to see it when I shoot in these ranges. It's part of what makes photos look like photos. It replicates the same thing as I would get from pushing my 400 ASA plastic way past it's limitations of chemical possibilities.
If I see images made of a subject/place that clearly, you can see required such a high ISO, and see something I can cut my fingers on..... It looks fake, doctored up, plastic. NOT REAL. It makes me think some guy that dreaded the composition end of the creation and just sat in CS5 for an hour to make it pretty.
NOT Photography, for me. So I have been using the D2x since it's release and I don't do billboard type images. If I did, I would have to consider the PhaseOne type bodies for sure.. But for the guy making his living or Pro/Ams I can get stellar and stunning images from the D2x suitable for major wall projects or clients.
So I guess what I'm saying after this small rant is.. We've reached it people.
We're there. We have surpassed film in every way. No longer dependent on lab balancing on a given day or all of those other variables that took the wind out of our images before. Complete control from beginning to end from the comfort of our desk chairs.
So unless your after a HiDef movie camera/SLR/High ISO/Dishwasher/Baby Sitter all-in-one type of camera.. (Why would someone want that) Why all the clammering?
Learn to embrace your limitations and enjoy the little noise you may get. Some of us old farts think it's a good thing.
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I have to say that I love the noise I get at ISO 1600 B&W on my D90. And to be honest, I even like the noise that I get on 35m Velvia 100 in the middle of the day. A little touch of grain looks nice.
And I am still sad that my dad didn't wait two months longer to buy a camera as an early wedding present. I'd love to have a D7000
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