Low Light ... High ISO ... Exposure Compensation

Danna · Sep 19, 2015

I shoot night football and indoor volleyball, and usually shoot raw to help with PP.

Last couple of Friday nights, I've used iso 3200 to 6400 to give 640 to 800 shutter speed.
(Nikon 610)

I'm not too familiar with exposure compensation.

Question 1 :
Is there any way to use exposure compensation, to help get lower iso or faster shutter speed ?

Question #2 :
Do you use the camera's "high iso noise reduction" ?

jaomul · Sep 19, 2015

I'll answer 2 first- makes no difference if your pp raw shots.

Exposure comp won't help you use lower iso or faster shutter speed. If you shoot ap priority exp comp will increase or decrease ss to make photo lifter or darker, if you use shutter priority exp comp will open or close aperture to lighten or darken shot.

Your d610 had very good auto iso in manual. Try selecting desired ss and aperture and put iso in auto and you may get lower iso on occasion

Danna · Sep 19, 2015

jaomul said:
I'll answer 2 first- makes no difference if your pp raw shots.

Exposure comp won't help you use lower iso or faster shutter speed. If you shoot ap priority exp comp will increase or decrease ss to make photo lifter or darker, if you use shutter priority exp comp will open or close aperture to lighten or darken shot.

Your d610 had very good auto iso in manual. Try selecting desired ss and aperture and put iso in auto and you may get lower iso on occasion

Thanks jaomul

I'll give auto iso a try.