Re-Learning the Ropes: ISO
Working on improving your skills is something you should do on a daily basis. If not daily, weekly or at the least, monthly. It also means going back to basics.
Last week, I went back to basics with aperture. This week, I’m going back to basics with ISO.
The assignment at DigitalCamFan was take one photograph with your lowest and highest ISOs.
0.5 sec at f/1.8 ISO100
1/125 sec at f/1.8 ISO6400
1/500 sec at f/1.8 ISO25600
One of the reasons I purchased the D600 is for its low-light capabilities.
Our living room
Since most of my shooting is indoors, (don’t mind the mess) I don’t have the best of light situations and my usual target is constantly moving, I’m almost always shooting at ISO 6400. I love my camera just for that. But…
As you saw, at ISO 6400, you start noticing some grain.
While my ISO 6400 photos are acceptable to me, I still prefer a more butter-y look. I’ll be working on reducing my indoor ISO a bit to see if I can’t find a good balance.
Do you shoot with a preferred ISO?
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Wow! I have the 60d… what a difference in ISO between the 600d and the 60d! At 6400 ISO you’re looking pretty great, even 25600 ISO you have less noise than mine! Nice!
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Really? Thank you! I love seeing comments like this, because it justifies my purchase of the D600. I did my homework before purchasing, but I still get hit with buyer’s remorse every blue moon. lol
Silly me.