Designing a Sensor

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Nov 1, 2006, at 9:10 AM, John Francis wrote:

> Indeed.   Shooting in full California sunlight with the *ist-D can  
> be a
> problem if I want to use a shutter speed below 1/100 for motion blur
> (heck, there were several occasions when I found Provia 100F too  
> fast).
> It's also a problem if I want to shoot at f2.8 or wider to control  
> DOF.
> I welcome the appearance of ISO 100 on the K10D, and would like to see
> ISO 50 once sensor technology makes that practical.

ISO 100 seems slow enough for most uses. If I want motion blur and  
wide aperture in daylight, I usually need something like ISO 1.6 to  
ISO 3. ISO 50 doesn't net much for me in those circumstances.

Godfrey