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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 319644" data-attributes="member: 13196">Just this week I was caught in an unexpected situation where I had to dramatically raise my ISO. I take photos of the local high school drama productions, and ISO 2000 is where I had my camera set. Guess I'm old school (35mm) in that I don't want to use auto-ISO. In any case, there was a lighting glitch so they proceeded without any spotlights. Instead they dimmed the house lights, and although they had a few stage lights on, it was very dark to photograph--way too dark for ISO 2000.Initially I raised my ISO to 5000, but it wasn't enough. Then I bumped it up to 6400. I really don't like using such a high ISO but was really glad the D610's sensor is so good at ISO 6400. At times my Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 just hunted and hunted. Finally I had to switch to manual focus, but even then it was so dark I didn't have the focus set perfectly. A few photos came out slightly soft. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> While I prefer using the lowest ISO possible and generally try not to go above ISO 1000, there are times when necessity dictates using ISO extremes that are beyond my normal preference. So I'm glad I have a camera that is capable of responding with terrific results! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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