[BUGS] making photos and toor access

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Thursday, 14 February 2008 at 22:13:38 +1100, Rob Hurle wrote:

> Fuji Finepix has proven a problem for us.

Can you elaborate?

>  	When I started photography an old guy who taught me pointed
> out that the photograph has to be made using light, and that all the
> light has to go through that bit of glass in the front.  The bigger
> and more accurate the lens was, the better the picture - that's
> where to spend the money.  4MB, 5MB, 10MB, 12MB or whatever the
> camera advertises is rather negated if the lens is not up to it.

Heh.  40 years ago I took available light photos in nightclubs in
Hamburg with my Pentax Spotmatic with f/1.4 lens and films that I
pushed to 6400 ASA (none of this ISO stuff in those days :-)

I can't do that any more ;-( My lens is f/4, and the maximum speed
that my camera can offer is 1600 ISO, fully 5 stops less sensitive
than 40 years ago.  Hopefully now that resolutions are high enough,
the sensor manufacturers will concentrate on more sensitive sensors.
I believe one top-end Nikon already offers 16,000 ISO.

Greg
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