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[Jamon Camisso]

John McGregor wrote:
> ISO 3200 capability may note be the panacea that you are looking for. 
> The max aperture
> for the FinePix 31 is f2.8. At that aperture, my Sekonic L398 light 
> meter indicates a shutter speed
> of 1/30 sec or longer for candle light (or similar light level). Since 
> the FinePix 31 lacks image stabilization capability,
> this means that using a tripod is an absolute must. It's been my 
> experience that a shutter speed of
> 1/125 sec or shorter is necessary to to prevent camera shake being 
> transferred to images. FWIW, I just had my
> light meter serviced and it is as accurate as the day it was made (it's 
> 12 yr. old).

It was always so easy with film where you just made sure your ISO 
setting was greater than the length of your lens (as a general rule of 
thumb of course). Hard to do now with "35mm equivalent" measure 
manufacturers use for their built in lenses. Gotta just save up and buy 
me a proper SLR or go back to shooting Velvia on the old Pentax.

Jamon
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