When it comes to making ISO adjustments...

10 years 2 months ago #347811 by Jennifer Krueger
Boy, I don't touch my ISO settings much at all.  Most of the time for me it's around ISO 200.  I think I have had it a few times higher, but not much.  


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10 years 2 months ago #347815 by Hassner
Every situation calls for its own limitations. It depends what the end result is for. Printed? Published? Internet? Size?


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10 years 2 months ago #347893 by Stealthy Ninja

Hassner wrote: Every situation calls for its own limitations. It depends what the end result is for. Printed? Published? Internet? Size?


Also the subject.   
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10 years 2 months ago #347915 by China White
This is something I need to learn as well, these point and shoots make it too easy.


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10 years 2 months ago - 10 years 2 months ago #347937 by Stealthy Ninja
Going back to something I mentioned before.

Here is a shot taken (at the event I mentioned the other day) shot at 12800iso (of course some NR has been added):


And here's a 100% crop:


Some would say... "oh no, NOISE!" (probably landscape photographers :lol:  )...  However you can see, expose it right and add a little NR and 12800 (on a 1Dx tee hee) can be fine.  Also, you need to look at it as a whole and for what purpose it is being shot AND the subject (as mentioned a landscaper couldn't handle this much noise, but for event photography it's fine).
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10 years 2 months ago - 10 years 2 months ago #348031 by KCook

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10 years 2 months ago #348161 by Roman Omell
Although I know my camera can go effectively use ISO higher than 1000, I rarely find the need.  Like many here, I find my self utilizing a thin ISO range.  For myself it's between 200 and 400. 


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10 years 2 months ago #348263 by Stacy Craig
I'm always doing portraits and always try to keep the lowest ISO number I can, so really don't stray past 200.  That's what a flash is for!  


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10 years 2 months ago #348269 by Joves
Well I am mostly in the 200 to 800 range, but if the shot calls for higher, then I go higher. The only part of the range I do not use are the pushes, or pulls to go lower. I keep the camera in the native ISO range. Since most of what I shoot is static I choose to use support over going higher. If I was shooting action then I will go higher to get the shot.


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10 years 2 months ago #349497 by Stealthy Ninja

Stacy Craig wrote: I'm always doing portraits and always try to keep the lowest ISO number I can, so really don't stray past 200.  That's what a flash is for!  


Sure since you're only doing portraits.  Try shooting a candle light dinner when the client doesn't want you to use flash because it'll disturb the guests.

It all depends on your style, subject and lighting available.
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10 years 2 months ago - 10 years 2 months ago #349553 by KENT MELTON
:agree:   you'll need to get friendly with higher ISO


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10 years 2 months ago #349555 by SDHPics
Depends on what I'm shooting. When shooting street I can easily get up to 6400 but when shooting portraits in studio I never go above 100.

I was so afraid to raise my ISO above 600, tried to always keep it at 100 but when I watched a course with jay Maisel and he said he keeps his camera at 1600 all the time so he can keep his shutter speed fast (he said that he'd rather have a sharp image with noise than a blurry photo with no noise) and I thought "I need to get over this ISO anxiety". Having said that Jay is a street photographer where you can't control the lighting.


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10 years 2 months ago #350477 by shelland
When shooting basketball or night football, I don't have much choice - even at f/2.8 I often have to go to 3200 or 4000 to be somewhere around 1/500 if at all possible. 

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10 years 2 months ago #350931 by Miss Polly
Like many here my sweet spot with ISO is between 200 and 800.  For my photography, I just don't find the need for higher.  


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