High ISO Capabilities According to Fro

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BackdoorArts

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mauckcg said:
Let's see some done at night in poor lighting situations.
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I've heard this from a lot of people and I need to ask, how many times are you planning on shooting at night in poor light where high ISO is the one and only thing between you and the shot you want to take? More times than not you're going to have a tripod and you'll be able set ISO to (almost) whatever you want. You're certainly not going to go that high for astrophotography.

The only valid curiosity I can find with this scenario has less to do with ISO and more to do with sensor capability, as in "How much detail can you pull out of a shot that's 5 stops underexposed because of poor light?", and then extrapolate that out for every possible ISO to see just how dark you can get and still freeze motion while preserving color and detail (like Canon's ISO 6 million camera that literally does see in the dark). It's such a randomly small set of parameters that, while I understand the curiosity, I still don't find it to be ISO specific - unless you're shooting video like the Canon.

For a DX DSLR camera this is pretty darn impressive stuff, and just made a lot more lens and light combinations usable.
 
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mauckcg

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BackdoorHippie said:
I've heard this from a lot of people and I need to ask, how many times are you planning on shooting at night in poor light where high ISO is the one and only thing between you and the shot you want to take? More times than not you're going to have a tripod and you'll be able set ISO to (almost) whatever you want. You're certainly not going to go that high for astrophotography.

The only valid curiosity I can find with this scenario has less to do with ISO and more to do with sensor capability, as in "How much detail can you pull out of a shot that's 5 stops underexposed because of poor light?", and then extrapolate that out for every possible ISO to see just how dark you can get and still freeze motion while preserving color and detail (like Canon's ISO 6 million camera that literally does see in the dark). It's such a randomly small set of parameters that, while I understand the curiosity, I still don't find it to be ISO specific - unless you're shooting video like the Canon.

For a DX DSLR camera this is pretty darn impressive stuff, and just made a lot more lens and light combinations usable.
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I'm a special case I think. My favorite pictures i have taken were taken at night at various endurance races. If i can boost the ISO a bit higher, then i can go to the darker braking zones to get better glowing brake flame spitting shots i like.

Honestly, there is usually enough ambient light from the cars that i don't really need to push in post. If I can get a bit higher, 6400-12800 lets say, there is a beautiful braking/passing zone at Sebring that would be glorious. The D7100 tops out at about 3200 before you lose too much detail. I've had the d750 down to around 12800 before things fall apart too much.

Granted, this is a very specialized case, and one that comes around twice a year, but It is my favorite.
 
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Krs_2007

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BackdoorHippie said:
I've heard this from a lot of people and I need to ask, how many times are you planning on shooting at night in poor light where high ISO is the one and only thing between you and the shot you want to take? More times than not you're going to have a tripod and you'll be able set ISO to (almost) whatever you want. You're certainly not going to go that high for astrophotography.

The only valid curiosity I can find with this scenario has less to do with ISO and more to do with sensor capability, as in "How much detail can you pull out of a shot that's 5 stops underexposed because of poor light?", and then extrapolate that out for every possible ISO to see just how dark you can get and still freeze motion while preserving color and detail (like Canon's ISO 6 million camera that literally does see in the dark). It's such a randomly small set of parameters that, while I understand the curiosity, I still don't find it to be ISO specific - unless you're shooting video like the Canon.

For a DX DSLR camera this is pretty darn impressive stuff, and just made a lot more lens and light combinations usable.
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Well, if you shoot nighttime sports on horribly lighted fields then its a must. But like you said its pretty rare and there are certain situations. I shoot 4-5 games a week for 8 weeks so a body that can maybe double my current camera I would be satisfied and as long as I didnt have to pay 6k for it. Also started shooting track this year, all events under the same lighting conditions. Now I could slow down the shutter but I like the action frozen and details in the images. But I am picky.
 
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