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My sister at Christmas time. It's not photographically compelling (there's no place in my small dwelling to avoid a cluttered background), but to see her smiling was wonderful after a year colored for her in large part by the final illness and death of my brother, who lived with her, only 15 months after losing our mother. She's resilient and has good instincts for going forward.
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My sister at Christmas time. It's not photographically compelling (there's no place in my small dwelling to avoid a cluttered background), but to see her smiling was wonderful after a year colored for her in large part by the final illness and death of my brother, who lived with her, only 15 months after losing our mother. She's resilient and has good instincts for going forward.
My condolences for your losses, Lawrence.
 
I had a unique experience with Mahmood of the Charleston Center for Photography, in that he took my photo with a medium format film camera using a Polaroid back, with very old B&W film donated by an industry insider. So I snapped this one. The Leica X2 sensor must be a very old generation, as the noise and image quality at ISO 800 are much worse than what I'd expect for an APS-C sensor and a great lens.

Leica X2 Paul Smith edition, f2.8, 1/200 sec. handheld, ISO 800.
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It's funny, I was just thinking the other day when looking at some 3200 shots from the Leica X1 with a lower resolution sensor, what a great job it did at higher iso. Granted I typically use my raw file at all iso's and always do so at higher speeds. The attached photo is a 50% crop of a 3200 shot, developed from the dng file to jpeg. But it's a camera I've always though looked best at 50% or under.
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And here's one at 1600, more on subject for a portrait thread, also at 50% or original size and cropped:
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