Low Light High ISO

Here is a small sample of what I experimented with last night. I went from ISO 800 all the way to 6400 but mostly stayed around ISO 1600 if I could keep the shutter above 1/125. Couple of these are large cropped. I think think the camera was super. The main dress rehearsal is tonight and I will be shooting again and have decided I can live wth 1600 so I think that's where I'll be for most of the night. Mostly used the 24-70, used the 14-24 for the wide shots and even tried the 50 mm for a bit. No noise reduction has been applied, not even in LR.
This was at 1600:
View attachment 22617This was at 2000 (auto iso) This was at ISO 4500 (auto ISO no crop)This one at ISO 1100

Very nice shots Bill, especially in the low light with movement...

Pat in NH

Bill,you got to be pleased when they come out this good.Very nice

They are all great shots Bill! It's amazing how high the quality can be at such high ISO'S.

Very good Bill excellent work. The D800 is an awesome camera

lovely work Bill, I'm new to photography and am trying to judge aperture levels; did you keep aperture at around a certain mark here? the dof seems large so I was wondering how small your aperture was?

Looks very good!

ryanp said:

lovely work Bill, I'm new to photography and am trying to judge aperture levels; did you keep aperture at around a certain mark here? the dof seems large so I was wondering how small your aperture was?

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I was using auto iso from 800 to 3200 for most of the shots. My zooms are f2.8 and that is where I kept them (most of the time).