I’m not a pixel peeper, I swear!, but Daimon Xanthopoulos asked me about the performance of the GR Digital II at ISO 400, and I felt obliged to provide a sample. Of course I wouldn’t depend on shots at ISO 400 from a compact digicam, but that’s beside the point.

These were all taken tonight, on a tripod, indoors, lit by a combination of white and blue Christmas lights and nearby fluorescents. The camera was in automatic mode, white balance was set to auto. All I changed between shots was the ISO, from 400 down to 80. JPEG processing was done in-camera.

(You might recognize this scene from Our holiday spirit.)

Note: the shadow on the right side of the original shots is not vignetting. There’s an armchair just out of view that was casting a shadow against the wall.