High ISO question

[cheryl_bain]

What would you use a high iso for? say 3200? or even higher. Does anyone have any shots taken with their ISO set that high...thanks!

[OsmosisStudios]

High ISO is for situations where you cant open the aperture any larger (or dont want to) and can't lower the shutterspeed without getting blur. Usually it's for the darker situations you might face.

Raising the ISO is also useful in "good" light though, because there are times when you're going to want either a smaller aperture or a faster shutter speed, or both, and there just isnt enough light. This is particularly useful for sports.

Below (linked) is a rather low-noise shot of a high ISO, taken at 2000ISO on a D80.
Cranked. by ~OsmosisStudios on deviantART

[cheryl_bain]

Thanks for the info...I doubt I would need anything higher than 3200 ISO? I'm looking at a new camera and I'm stuck between 2...one has a much high ISO range than the other...and I don't see myself needing it.

[autofocus]

Originally Posted by cheryl_bain

Thanks for the info...I doubt I would need anything higher than 3200 ISO? I'm looking at a new camera and I'm stuck between 2...one has a much high ISO range than the other...and I don't see myself needing it.

The question is you'll never know when you'll need it until you do Most cameras today can go pretty high with ISO...what you really want to know is how well do they do it. Just because a camera can go to say ISO 1600 doesn't mean the images won't look like crap starting at ISO 400

[cheryl_bain]

I'm looking at the Rebel XSi...vs...the T1i...I'm leaning towards the XSi and using that little bit in price difference and picking up a 50mm lens.

[jdepould]

D700 @ 3200:


D3 @ 6400:


Both processed in Lightroom. Standard luma/chroma de-noising, nothing special.

[OsmosisStudios]

... As Jamie flaunts his BIG SENSOR

[jdepould]

Originally Posted by OsmosisStudios

... As Jamie flaunts his BIG SENSOR

Well I could flaunt my big lenses if you like ....

[cheryl_bain]

ha ha....thanks guys...great pics for sure! Guess I'll have to go in again and play with the cameras before I buy one. Can't wait to start working with a Canon!

[fireb0x]

Originally Posted by cheryl_bain

What would you use a high iso for? say 3200? or even higher. Does anyone have any shots taken with their ISO set that high...thanks!

I was looking at the topic of High ISO today and have come across some stunning examples of really how high you can go with ISO and maintain fantastic pictures.

Take these for example:

JaredPolin.com Photography - Blog - Nikon D3s Hi-ISO review and 10,000 ISO*samples

They were shot with a D3s at 10,000 ISO. The picture you see are straight from the RAW file with no editing and if you click the image, you can get the full res shot.

To me, this is the best example of "You never know till you try it," as far as high ISO goes and it shows you that you may not know what the best ISO is until you need it.