Increasingly, it seems like cameras can actually see in the dark. For example, this image was made at ISO 12800 using a lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.8, handheld. I am pretty sure this would not have been possible with a film camera. I once pushed a roll of Tri-X to 6400 and used stand development to get the most out of the negatives, but the only shots that looked halfway decent were the ones where the metering was spot on. Underexposure can be the kiss of death with film. These days, I tend to grab a digital camera if I go out at night. And I can leave the tripod at home because of another game changing technology: image stabilization. I'm seeing the world in new ways, and isn’t that one of the points?
