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Mitch Alland
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Very gutsy, Lili, particularly at ISO 1600! Thanks for the kind words. I look forward to seeing some of the shots....I just had an extended opportunity to use the GRD/GT-1 at a concert at a Pub here in Wichita Falls wide open at f2.4 and ISO 1600.
Lo light, 1/9sec, but the combo performed flawlessly, the longer reach was just what I needed and added grip area allows one to steady the camera perfectly...Your Bangkok series with this lens inspired me to risk using it rather than my S6000fd and I must thank you
During this short Friday night walk after dinner I shot 34 shots, of which I am likely to print 9-10: I define "keepers" as the shots that I think are good enough to print. That's a very high proportion for me, as my average keeper percentage was anout 2-3 on a roll of 35mm film. I seem to be getting a higher proportion shooting digitally. As I went through the shots I noticed that I had the aperture set at f/4.0 rather than f/2.4. Had I done the latter, as I thought I was shooting, fewer of the pictures would have had motion blur; but that may not necessarily been a good thing for this series of shots. Actually, I wasn't taking the shooting very seriously, just ambling along — maybe that's also helpful if one is trying to achieve a loose shooting style.
—Mitch/Bangkok
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