| Re: Iso 1600
I have been experimenting with high ISO's for the last two months with my Canon 30D + 100-400mm lens and have been impressed with the results.
ISO 1600 has produced some excellent results to date and the background noise was certainly no worse than the results achieved with ISO 400 film. In my eyes I would say the digital images were superior.
Took it a step further last week and tried the custom ISO 3200 setting. In the past have tended to ignore this setting assuming the results would be a bit disapointing. All I can say is that I was amazed at the results and could see very little difference when compared to ISO 1000 and 1600 shots.
Prints from these shots were also very good. The Epson R800 seems to be very forgiving and tends to smooth out some of the background noise.
As mentioned in the reference article the final touch is to tweak with Noise Ninja. I have down loaded the profiles for the 30D and tend to use these with the default settings and then follow up with the paint brush to remove any smoothing applied to the main image.
If you have not tried it yet give it a go.
Gerry  |