Monday, November 30, 2009

Ben is Project Fifty: #5 of 50

#5 of 50: ISOlation

What I learned:  With a big aperture (f/1.8) and the 7D's insanely sensitive sensor, you can almost shoot in complete darkness.  This picture was taken handheld with ambient light at 9PM @ ISO12800.  Yes you read that right, twelve thousand eight hundred.   Notice the noise.  There barely is any! This is a picture of Grace's cousin Ray's 2.5 WRX sedan on 18 x 9"Advan RS clones, hella flush style.

The slight blurriness is caused by a lil' bit of camera shake.  Even at 12800 the shutter speed was pretty slow (1/10th of a second)  It was that dark outside.  The light on the front bumper is from a street lamp ~30ft away from the car!

A 85 f/1.2L ($2000) would kick ass in this situation, however the 50 f/1.8 ($90) did an admirable job.

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