Note to self and all other xsi users...

[JeffieLove]

ISO 400 is the MAX you can go ... The noise is ridiculous even at that point...

My next body (probably next year unless the xsi dies on me first) will definitely have better ISO capabilities... That will probably be my priority...

 

[xjoewhitex]

Thats entry level for ya, my d40x wasn't much better honestly.

 

[JeffieLove]

that's what I hear lol...

Lesson learned

 

[ottor]

Ah.... my XSI goes to 1600, and the noise is extremely acceptable at that.... You are talking Canon, right ?

 

[JeffieLove]

canon is the only one that makes an xsi

IDK, I shot an engagement session at ISO 400 today and I can barely get rid of the noise enough on the people for it to be acceptable. I'm going to have to hope that they don't print anything larger than 8x10 or so... I already wrote myself a note to put the ISO back down to 100...

 

[enzodm]

It depends also on the scene. On dark areas noise is more evident. This is at ISO800.
However, also my next body will have better high ISO.

 

[xjoewhitex]

Ah.... my XSI goes to 1600, and the noise is extremely acceptable at that.... You are talking Canon, right ?

Acceptable is a matter of opinion. What most people accept is what I toss out the window for the most part, of what ive seen.

 

[Novux]

That's the issue that drove me from my XT to the T2i. Ridiculous difference.

 

[DisasterDan]

That's the issue that drove me from my XT to the T2i. Ridiculous difference.

Same here.

 

[gsgary]

You must have under exposed because i still use my 1Dmk1 for shooting and printing on site and it is one of the worst canon's at handling high iso and i shoot at iso 1600
here's iso1600 from a 1Dmk1 so i would say its user error

 

[Robin Usagani]

Noise is bad only if you crop it OR if you are underexposed. 800 ISO that is underexposed is way worse than 3200 that are exposed correctly. Lets see the uncropped photos you were talking about SOOC.

 

[JeffieLove]

I didn't really notice it until I zoomed in on them to check my focus on the eyes, but here are some soocs

 

[Robin Usagani]

Looks good to me. Don't be afraid pushing the ISO but don't crop it very much.

 

[JeffieLove]

I think I'm just going to add a smidge of noise reduction in LR... Maybe 20 on the luminance and leave the detail at 50...

The only one of these that really needs to be cropped is the one of them in the tree... I need to crop at the middle of their thighs instead of their knees and I'm going to crop some of the sky out...

 

[KmH]

Yep, all 3 of those are underexposed. #2 is under exposed the least.

All 3 would have benefited greatly from some supplemental lighting on the couple for separation.