Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 315295" data-attributes="member: 9240">The answer is quite simple - because without it, you'd get no photos.Example?&nbsp; I got invited to my nephew's School Of Rock show at a local pub.&nbsp; They have live music there all the time, and having been a musician I know that there will at least be some lighting if there's a stage.&nbsp; Boy was I wrong.&nbsp; So, here I was with my D800 and 70-200mm f/4 and to get any shot, even wide open, I'm at ISO 6400-12500 at a minimum, and even here I'm coming in dark.&nbsp; So, 1/2 the shots were at 25K.Was there noise?&nbsp; Uh-huh.&nbsp; Could I clean it up.&nbsp; Pretty much - you could it was a high ISO shot, but probably not that high.&nbsp; The important thing?&nbsp; I have shots of his concert.My point is, no one ever goes in planning to shoot at that ISO.&nbsp; But there will be occasions where it's your only real option besides, &quot;Sorry, I couldn't get any pictures&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 315295, member: 9240"] The answer is quite simple - because without it, you'd get no photos. Example? I got invited to my nephew's School Of Rock show at a local pub. They have live music there all the time, and having been a musician I know that there will at least be [I]some[/I] lighting if there's a stage. Boy was I wrong. So, here I was with my D800 and 70-200mm f/4 and to get any shot, even wide open, I'm at ISO 6400-12500 at a minimum, and even here I'm coming in dark. So, 1/2 the shots were at 25K. Was there noise? Uh-huh. Could I clean it up. Pretty much - you could it was a high ISO shot, but probably not [I]that[/I] high. The important thing? I have shots of his concert. My point is, no one ever goes in [I]planning [/I]to shoot at that ISO. But there will be occasions where it's your only real option besides, "Sorry, I couldn't get any pictures". [/QUOTE]

Verification