[Leica] "available light" now means "light too low for people to see in"

[hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)]

Interesting demonstration of the ("LEICA") D700's capabilities...? Two  
questions:

1. Whayer kin Ah git me one o' them Leica D700s? (With VR lens of  
course....)
2. Can you show us the full straight hi-ISO shot side-by-side with the  
reduced-noise version?

Thanks!

--howard


On Aug 27, 2008, at 2:49 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> I'm sure these are popping up all over the intar-webz now, but I
> happened to be at the bat house in the Philadelphia zoo last week.  
> It's
> very dark in there, too dark for my aged eyes to see anything apart  
> from
> the lightly glowing signs. Certainly not enough for me to see any  
> bats.
>
> Well, I took a photo with the d700 on 400 asa at one second and it
> wasn't enough to make out people. I then cranked the ISO up past 6,400
> to the "experimental" range and metered at 1/20th of a second. The  
> VR on
> the lens kept it steady enough to get a slightly over-exposed image.
> I've pasted the two together with a third box showing what the reduce
> noise filter does.
>
> I can't wait to see what the next few years bring us in terms of light
> sensitivity.
>
> Here's the shot:
>
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2008/low-light-700.jpg
>
>
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