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canuck257

canuck257

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I just picked up the mail which included my new D7200. This body will wear, almost permanently, the big Tamzooka for wildlife shooting.

I'm in the process of setting up the two saved user settings and was wondering what maximum ISO to set on this body. For BIF I use auto ISO, 1250 shutter speed and 6.3 aperture as an initial setting. On the 7100 I have the auto ISO range set from 100 to 1250. With the increased capability of the D7200, should I change these parameters and, if so, to what?
 
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Blacktop

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canuck257 said:
I just picked up the mail which included my new D7200. This body will wear, almost permanently, the big Tamzooka for wildlife shooting.

I'm in the process of setting up the two saved user settings and was wondering what maximum ISO to set on this body. For BIF I use auto ISO, 1250 shutter speed and 6.3 aperture as an initial setting. On the 7100 I have the auto ISO range set from 100 to 1250. With the increased capability of the D7200, should I change these parameters and, if so, to what?
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With good light, I have no problems shooting my D7100 at ISO 3200 when doing BIF. I'm sure the D7200 will even do better at that ISO. I have my D750 set at ISO 6400 Max for BIF, but can push it to 12,800 if needed. ( I know the last part doesn't pertain to you, but I just like bragging about my Dolly!):)
 
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JayD

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I have taken photographs at night time without flash with ISO set at 1600 of people just illuminated with candles. The photographs contain a fair bit of noise in the shadows but nothing alarming or cant be removed altogether with a noise reduction software (BTW I use Topaz Denoise). At those ISOs with little to moderate application of DeNoise, the photographs are very usable albeit a little soft. So have set the Max limit at 1600 i.e. when I take photos at night time. During the day, outdoors, I like to set up my ISO manually (between 100-400) and do not use the Auto feature. However, I am not into birding or action photography.
 
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jay_dean

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This one is ISO 2500, but its an exception. I've found that most at this ISO with the D7200 are destined for the bin. Generally at as soon as the D7200 gets to a four figure ISO, i get twitchy
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singlerosa_RIP

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Good info. Like Ivan, my 7200 is dedicated to a long lens (200-500VR). I've been reluctant to push ISO to anywhere near what I can get away with on the 750, but my sample size has been very limited.
 
canuck257

canuck257

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I was a little disappointed with the poor quality of yesterdays shots which I put down to the weather, rushing to use the new toy and not having tuned the lenses to the body. Today I fixed the last two problems and the weather fixed itself. These shots a closer to what I hope to get from this camera/lens combination, now I just have one thing left to fix------- Me!

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canuck257

canuck257

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Manual, spot metering Don. This is a tricky spot for me to photograph, it's the east end of the house which is clad in gold coloured cedar boards. I'm still struggling with it.

I just rechecked these in LR6, all of them show 2/3 to 1 stop over exposed. Why? I don't know. I obviously screwed up somewhere. I gotta stop getting so excited:mad:
 
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Don Kondra

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Still over exposed...

Spot metering works best with back lit subjects. It appears the light is coming from the left front.

Try Matrix or center-weighted.

Cheers, Don
 
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mikew_RIP

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Are you using auto iso as nikons can tend to over expose in certain lighting with it,if it becomes too much of a constant problem try a little -on the exposure,the shadow recovery is pretty good
 
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