Use of ISO

[RalphLambrecht]

I do see noise with my camera at ISO 800 but it's not all that bad until it gets past 6400.

still; I limit myself and my camera to ISO400.

 

[Chan Tran]

still; I limit myself and my camera to ISO400.

I limit my film to 160. I don't use any film faster than 160 but with digital I would go for 12800 if needed.

 

[tballphoto]

funny, the iso doesnt seem to be an issue until you get to crappy cameras. Perhaps their is a reason the canon t100 crappy dslr can only go to ISO 6400, by MY NIKON can go 60,000 until i start to see actual junk start.

Although looking at an image in RAW then looking at the lossless JPEG version of it from camera, there is a serious amount of "wtf" image quality loss in the JPEG

 

[Sean]

Tried to clean the thread to keep it on topic. I am unsure why anyone would come into the digital areas if they have a beef with digital. Please report such behaviour, it is a big hellp to the mod team as we do not read every post. Thanks

 

[guangong]

I would occasionally buy a few rolls of 3200 film. They usually lingered around unused for years. On a rare occasion something may occur that requires a 3200 iso exposure, but then a little noise would be insignificant.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Zeiss produces a camera for research purposes that begins at 3200 or 6400...and most likely begins at the$100,000 price.

 

[Chan Tran]

I would occasionally buy a few rolls of 3200 film. They usually lingered around unused for years. On a rare occasion something may occur that requires a 3200 iso exposure, but then a little noise would be insignificant.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Zeiss produces a camera for research purposes that begins at 3200 or 6400...and most likely begins at the$100,000 price.

Don't you see the more expensive camera has the base ISO lower? So cameras begin with high ISO don't demand high prices.

 

[Paul Howell]

My Sony 77a is pretty good at 3200, usable images, an A7 is suppose to be even better, PJs shoot at higher ISO if needed, with latest model of top of the line bodies.

 

[PerTulip]

Why do all the talking heads online, and so many "professional photographers" with you tube channels all tell me that I should NEVER shoot my DSLR with an ISO beyond 800?

It's like the spinach myth. Once it's out there, it will live forever. Just this weekend I took my DSLR to the zoo to practice with long teles. ISO 1200: absolutely no problem and I got several gorgeous A4 prints.

 

[wiltw]

On a trip to France, had my 7DII and a Canon S110 along with me. But I did not always have one of them with me. This shot was with my smartphone at ISO1000, no visible signs of noise even at full size in spite of it not being an 'expensive camera'!

 

[Adrian Bacon]

Why do all the talking heads online, and so many "professional photographers" with you tube channels all tell me that I should NEVER shoot my DSLR with an ISO beyond 800?

because it introduces more noise than they think should be acceptable. Whether or not it’s more noise than you find acceptable can only be decided by you, not by somebody else on the Internet.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I have a D850. I've never gone beyond ISO 400, but I think as a film shooter, it's just out of habit

 

[Sal Santamaura]

because it introduces more noise than they think should be acceptable. Whether or not it’s more noise than you find acceptable can only be decided by you, not by somebody else on the Internet.

Adrian marks himself as someone who should be listened to. He knows to capitalize "Internet." That's good enough for me.