What the highest iso can you use?

[DarkShadow]

Just fooling around in low light...

this is iso 125 at 0.8":


DSC_1688-5 by BraineackPhoto, on Flickr


this is iso 2000 at 1/20s:


DSC_1683-4 by BraineackPhoto, on Flickr


and 1:1


iso_comparison by BraineackPhoto, on Flickr


still getting decent shots at iso 5600:


DSC_1607-1 by BraineackPhoto, on Flickr



I think iso 6400 was about the furthest I was getting anything that I considered usable:


DSC_1621-3 by BraineackPhoto, on Flickr



this was only iso 560, but Hobbes felt left out:


DSC_1706-6 by BraineackPhoto, on Flickr



Everything I took above that wasn't sharp and very noisy and really unusable. This was actually a fun exercise in getting more intimate with my camera and it's abilities/limitations.

Nice demonstration of ISO and Some beautiful Cat shots.

 

[griffin86]

I'm pretty sure this image is SOOC. 1/1000 f1.4 12,800 ISO

 

[DorkSterr]

I typically don't go over 640 but I've shot 25600 and generally don't need to do much noise reduction. When I go above 51200 thats whenTopaz DeNoise comes out.

 

[deschnell]

I'm pretty sure this image is SOOC. 1/1000 f1.4 12,800 ISO

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This is a great shot... good job capturing the action of barrel racing.
My D3100 doesn't have great high ISO performance - but I need to push it high with NR for astro pics.
This was at ISO 800 without NR, but due to the lights in the lower frame, I couldn't go higher to capture the Milky Way in a single shot. Would have been cool as a composite... but it was an unplanned photo - so not bad!!

[hijack threat]I'm planning a shoot tonight... Hope to report back with some good images.[/hijack threat]

 

[DiskoJoe]

This was at 12,800. Sure its grainy but it got the job done and provided decent definition for the subjects.


bright eyed and bushy tailed by DiskoJoe, on Flickr

 

[grafxman]

I haven't set any particular ISO level in any of my cameras for years. I shoot manual and allow the camera to select the ISO. The 6D goes up 12,800 inside museums all the time. Canon's DPP software easily removes any noise. Sometimes I just leave the noise in the photo if looks like something printed on sandpaper. I rather like that look.

 

[reedw]

Even though my D7000 can use higher ISO. As someone who has shot film for 40 years, my hands start to shake if I dial in much more than 800.

 

[robbins.photo]

I was taught that lower iso as much as possible, or increase the iso as a last resort. Do you use higher iso most of the times and disregard the lowest iso?

Like others have mentioned I use whatever ISO I need to get the shot. This was taken at ISO 2500 :

 

[Garbz]

ISO25600. Camera doesn't go any higher.

 

[gconnoyer]

Like stated before, whatever is needed to get the shot.
If I'm shooting wide open, and I'm at the bare minimum of what I need my shutter speed to be, I'll crank my ISO up until I get the right exposure.

Having some noise in a good image, is better than having a little less noise in an unusable image.
6400 (on my camera) is perfectly acceptable and with the proper exposure and with no cropping, the noise is really nothing that detracts from the image.
Its all dependent on your body really.

 

[Juga]

My wife would kill me if she knew I posted this but this was at 12800 with just a little noise reduction.


This was at a birthday party at 20000 again with just a bit of noise reduction.

 

[Tinderbox (UK)]

The way i look at it, i would rather a noisy image, i can clean that up to an extent, and if you don't print too big it will not be see, rather than an slow shutter speed and risking motion blur that is virtually unfixable.

John

 

[MSnowy]

12800

 

[Tinderbox (UK)]

What shutter speed was that take at MSnowy? 1/500?

John.

 

[MSnowy]

What shutter speed was that take at MSnowy? 1/500?

John.

John it was taken at 1/1000