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Depends on your camera. 1600 on a 5D or a Nikon full frame (D3 or D700) is perfectly usable. 1600 on something like an XT...that's pushing it.This might be a dumb question but can you get a good visible picture at a dark place by using no flash but setting ISO to like 1600
Depends on your camera. 1600 on a 5D or a Nikon full frame (D3 or D700) is perfectly usable. 1600 on something like an XT...that's pushing it.
1600 on film would be fine too. I've been working on a project shooting at 3200 on TMax at night.
Yes, you can get the exposure if there is enough light, but the problem will be noise in the darker areas, unless your camera has high ISO capabilities.
The human eye can only see down to around ISO 800.
I shoot 1600 on a XT (350D) frequently. They look fine to me, after some noise reduction. You loose a little sharpness, but that's acceptable for me. To me loosing a little sharpness is worth being able to shoot hand-held in very little light.1600 on something like an XT...that's pushing it.
I very much agree with your findings. I shoot at 1600 and even 3200 on my 20d quite often and 8x12prints still look very good without noise reduction. Looking at them from a few inches you can see some grain, but the color noise Is still very light; from arms length they just look good.I shoot 1600 on a XT (350D) frequently. They look fine to me, after some noise reduction. You loose a little sharpness, but that's acceptable for me. To me loosing a little sharpness is worth being able to shoot hand-held in very little light.
Obviously, they don't look as good as 100 ISO pictures - but considering the situation, they're not too bad.
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I would say 1600 on the 350D (after noise reduction) looks about the same as 800 ISO film. Maybe slightly noisier...
I haven't actually used 1600 ISO film before, so I don't know how it compares to that.
Would you care to elaborate about that? Given the definition of ISO film speed ratings, I struggle to grasp the concept of ISO rating for the human eye (this a genuine question. I am not trying to say you're wrong but I don't get it).
I would imagine the aperture of the iris of your eye would have something to do with what you can see in the dark, but ISO?