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Old 19-02-2009, 05:40 PM
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Re: Off to have another shot at those pesky kites!!

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Originally Posted by NickCantle View Post
Glad you're motivated again. Always a good mind to be in

One thing though, try not to rely on your ISO because using it at 1600 isn't half as good as using it at 400 or 640. If it really is too dark to use a lower ISO then fair enough, but I'd always use the ISO escape route as a last resort.

Good luck for tomorrow and looking forward to the Kites!
true - for us lowly mortals who have canons - nikons new sensor technology as found in the D300 , D700 & D3 has very impressive low light / high iso / low noise performance - look at the gorrila shots andy rouse took at 3200 iso recently.

so much so that i am seriously considering swaping to nikon when my long lense needs replacing and buying a D700 or a D3 (though there is the "small" matter of a wedding first) and a D300 as a second body.

I think nicola can safely go to iso 800 though if light is good she may not need to - the difference between speeds over 1/500 is negligible when photographing slow flying birds.
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