ISO 2000 in the D7100

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robbins.photo

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Ironwood said:
I find iso2000 OK most of the time on my D7100, I have my auto iso set at 3200 max, some shots at 3200 are too noisy for my liking , but I do get some keepers.

This shot is at iso2000...minimal noise reduction in PP.
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At the higher ISO's try increasing your EC to +1.0 or even a bit higher, then reduce the exposure in post prior to applying noise reduction. I've found it works rather well for higher ISO shooting.
 
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Lawrence

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This today at 6500 ISO

ISO 6500 Nikon 80-200-7074.jpg

Pretty pleased with the lack of noise
 
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Elliot87

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robbins.photo said:
At the higher ISO's try increasing your EC to +1.0 or even a bit higher, then reduce the exposure in post prior to applying noise reduction. I've found it works rather well for higher ISO shooting.
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I understand what you are saying but would it not be better to reduce the iso by a stop rather than upping the EC to +1.0 and presumably having to slow the shutter speed down. I'm usually at high iso because I can't decrease the shutter speed or open the aperture up any further.

I don't like to go above iso 1600 with my D7100 but good results are possible beyond that. I think because I'm mostly shooting birds, having to crop makes any noise look worse and I don't want to lose too much feather detail.
 
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Lawrence

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Elliot87 said:
I understand what you are saying but would it not be better to reduce the iso by a stop rather than upping the EC to +1.0 and presumably having to slow the shutter speed down. I'm usually at high iso because I can't decrease the shutter speed or open the aperture up any further.

I don't like to go above iso 1600 with my D7100 but good results are possible beyond that. I think because I'm mostly shooting birds, having to crop makes any noise look worse and I don't want to lose too much feather detail.
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I'll try and do some birds in flight tomorrow with high ISO and post the results.

I am pleasantly surprised at how good the IQ is at high ISO on the D7100 - I was originally very sceptical.
 
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