ISO on D7000

Michael J.

Senior Member
I tried many different ISO settings on my D7000. I am honestly figured out that using 400-800 is acceptable. Sometimes I push it up to 1600 or 3200, but the noise makes me a bit upset. I know, I can reduce noise in PP. Fast lenses are great for the D7000 in low light situations. I wanna tell you that the 16-85mm is also great in low light. I don/t no why but it performs great.

What ISO is your limit?
 
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Scott Murray

Senior Member
I tried many different ISO settings on my D7000. I am honestly figured out that using 400-800 is acceptable. Sometimes I push it up to 1600 or 3200, but th enoise makes me a bit upset. I know, I can reduce noise in PP. Fast lenses are great for the D7000 in low light situations. I wanna tell you that the 16-85mm is also great in low light. I don/t no why but it performs great.

What ISO is your limit?
My ISO limit for both my D600 & D800E are 3200 for milkyway shots. Although I have shot higher and so long as I do not have to do much PP it is fine but you do lose detail.
 

RON_RIP

Senior Member
I seldom shoot above 400 ISO. This is a throwback to my film days in which this was my preferred film speed. I have used 800, but only a handful of times. However, my subject matter seldom calls for higher ISO. The D7000 seems to thrive at that setting.
 

paul04

Senior Member
As most of my shots are outside in daylight, the iso is more or less set on 100, unless I use the J1 which I use in auto mode.
 
I shoot whatever it takes to get the shot I want.

Don't be afraid to play with high ISO. Sometimes a little grain can make a photo better. Go out some evening and shoot the same shot at 400, 800, 1,600 and at 3,200. Then go back and process them to look at s close to the same as you can. Don't pixel peek at all. Just look it like you would any other photo ou post on line.
 

Horoscope Fish

Senior Member
I also shoot with as high an ISO as needed to get the shot, I rarely even consider ISO unless I'm in a position where can control it completely (e.g. shooting off a tripod).

Remembering to "expose to the right" will help, since digital noise will be more pronounced in the shadows than in the highlights. Always better, IMO, to bring down a highlight than to boost a shadow.

Photoshop and NIK Tools can be excellent at eliminating noise (especially NIK's Dfine in my experience) though you do have to learn to use them properly to get the best possible outcome with either.
 

Roy1961

Senior Member
Contributor
usually i try to stay below 500, i do move it up to see what they look like, i dont think i can remove noise with the NX2 software??
 

Blacktop

Senior Member
On the D7100 1600 ISO was my limit, where I could clean it up without too much detail loss. Unless it's an important shot that can't be taken again, I would rather have no shot than high digital noise shot. To me, it's not better than nothing.
I can always come back and shoot it another day with better lighting condition. If it's a very low light shot like a night scene, then I use a tripod.

On my D750 it's a whole different ballgame. I can get acceptable (to me) shots that clean up real nice at 12,800 ISO. (depending on conditions).
 

aced19

Senior Member
My limit is what ever it takes on my D7000.
I shoot a lot of sports and I have shot as high as 12,800. But most my pics at indoor events are around 5,000.
With good noise reduction program you'll get some good pics at high iso.
 
I went for a walk downtown this evening and carried my camera just because I can't walk without it anymore. LOL I did shoot a few at ISO 3200 just to see how it did. Here is one of them.

NIKON D7100 35.0 mm f-1.8 1-45 sec at f - 1.8 ISO 3200

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I also tried out DXP Optics Pro on this one. Does a great job on noise but it is very slow when used with LightRoom
 
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mikew_RIP

Senior Member
The one thing that hasn't been mentioned is ISO in relation to subject matter,we dont have many photographers on here that can remove noise from the fine feather detail on a bird and retain great feather detail,i know ime not one of them.The highest usable ISO on any camera is dependent on how one off the shot is,the subject,and the photographers ability to remove said noise or willingness to live with it.
 
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