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Daedalus2000

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I would say the S007 is better than the S006 by close to 2 stops. For me the most important effect is not low light shooting per se, more that it extends the usage envelope of the S camera - since MF is more vulnerable to camera shake, increasing ISO lets me keep a decent shutter speed to shoot handheld in limited light, for example in forests, indoors etc.

 

With the S006 I often encountered situations where I had to increase shutter speed to a point where I did not get sharp pictures anymore handheld, although I did a wedding indoors (in good summer light, large windows) with ISO 800 and good results.

 

So, it is really that the camera becomes more versatile and usable in more situations. I think this is taken at ISO 400 1/60 S-24mm handheld, Pescadero Creek, with the S007. So I still had some headroom, but it shows that even in sunny California light can be very limited in certain situations.

 

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I would say the S007 is better than the S006 by close to 2 stops. For me the most important effect is not low light shooting per se, more that it extends the usage envelope of the S camera - since MF is more vulnerable to camera shake, increasing ISO lets me keep a decent shutter speed to shoot handheld in limited light, for example in forests, indoors etc.

 

With the S006 I often encountered situations where I had to increase shutter speed to a point where I did not get sharp pictures anymore handheld, although I did a wedding indoors (in good summer light, large windows) with ISO 800 and good results.

 

So, it is really that the camera becomes more versatile and usable in more situations. I think this is taken at ISO 400 1/60 S-24mm handheld, Pescadero Creek, with the S007. So I still had some headroom, but it shows that even in sunny California light can be very limited in certain situations.

 

 

Thank you.

 

I am asking for exactly the same reasons. Leaving in London, where we do not get as much sun, and trying to shoot with natural light (e.g. for portraits/nature) means that I need higher speeds even when a lens is used wide open. I rarely use a tripod. In the past I found the files from my S2 acceptable up to about 800, sometimes 1250...

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Daedalus-

 

If you are happy with ISO 800 on 006, you will be pleased with ISO 3200 on 007...

 

Just don't get too near to the Sun!  :D  :D  :D

 

Albert  :)  :)  :)

 

:) my wings do not melt, that was the old version!  :)  :)  :)

 

BTW, I have the S2P, which I think it is even worse than the S006 in terms of iso... We have some sun these days, I need to take it out for a spin soon...

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