I just read an article that said the cleanest image you can get is by using a camera's "native ISO" rather than whatever zero's out your exposure meter. It said that Canon's native ISO is 80 and you should increase it in increments, from 80 to 160 to 320, etc. Whereas Nikon's "native ISO" is 120 and should be increased to 240, 480 etc, in other words doubling the ISO. Any other number just takes, for example, ISO 100 and digitally adds ISO to increase the brightness artificially. I haven't had a chance to shoot at 120 yet today and something tells me the difference in noise will probably be virtually undetectable. Just wondering if I dreamed this or what?
Anyone ever heard of "Native ISO"?
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Let me clarify this. You can sometimes set to lower than base ISO however that is not recommended. (ie..Lo1-Lo2)
I have a D3300 and a D5500. I just checked the D5500 and I saw that I had set it to 160 so that was the native ISO mentioned in that article I can't find. It was one of the few articles that even discussed Nikon.
And if I may ask a personal question, why did you name your D7100 "70's Emmylou Harris"?
And if I may ask a personal question, why did you name your D7100 "70's Emmylou Harris"?
I name all my camera's after pretty 1970's female musicians.
I just gave away my D300 named 70's Stevie Nicks.
I'm getting a D750 soon and she will be named...Oh I don't know yet .
Horoscope Fish
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Dusty Springfield. Duh. Oh, wait... She was more a 60's gal. Guess that rules out Skeeter Davis as well. Hmmm...
I guess that leaves us with Joni Mitchell.
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No, it does not.
Maybe one of the Wilson sisters. (Sorry to the OP for hijacking this thread. I will stop now.)
Horoscope Fish
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That was a joke.
Sorry.
Ruidoso Bill
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There is no native iso for Canon or Nikon, that would be model dependent not on name brand, ie my Nikon D800 would be ISO 100, my D810 is ISO 64.
Those are all 60's chicks. Believe me. I was there. How about Claudia Linnear, the hottest black chick backing singer ever. She backed Leon Russell and was on stage at the Concert for Bangla Desh when Russell did his segment. Her sidekick, Rita Coolidge, is also a good choice, although to tell ya the truth, I HATED the 70's. Miserable time for me.
So J-See you're saying that the lowest ISO your camera can go is the "native" ISO? Although that makes sense there's a lot of articles out there from guys who've looked into this scientifically, so to speak, and they say different.
So J-See you're saying that the lowest ISO your camera can go is the "native" ISO? Although that makes sense there's a lot of articles out there from guys who've looked into this scientifically, so to speak, and they say different.
Bourbon Neat
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Sample the same shot getting the correct exposure for each iso 100 through 1600 (all of em) and see your results. I did, after seeing your post, and was suprised at the outcome before and after processing.
Not really. I'm saying that every cam has a native ISO at which the signal is NOT amplified and this delivers the shot with the best image quality/lowest noise. For my D750 and D7200 that is ISO 100; for the D810 ISO 64.
Every increase in ISO above that native ISO results into an increase in noise and a decrease in image quality. That's a direct result of amplification.
The signal the sensor receives always remains identical and is only affected by aperture and shutter speed. ISO is applied after the sensor.
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