d700/d3 iso quality choice

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following up on the d700 thread by ali....
specifically for the d700/d3 (produce the same images yeah?)

what would be the highest you'd comfortably leave your iso at to produce images for sale and if i was to be more specific generally for weddings

this is with the exception of shots you'd specifically bump up for grain etc :)
 
I don't 'leave' the ISO at anything in these situations - auto ISO is fantastic. Here's a bunch of pics (sorry - don't do weddings) all at 6400 - EXIF intact!

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Noise quite acceptable I think - look good as prints too. :) The D3 really did change the way I worked.
 
yeah sorry i'm probably not wording it correctly, highest setting you'd leave it at on auto iso also fills the criteria :)

but i mean without conversions to b&w knowing you're going to need to deliver prints of a decent size how high would you deem acceptable chrisgeary? :)
 
6400 sometimes - 3200 if there is a lot of fine detail maybe. 6400 is pretty good though.
1250 on the D2Hs
 
alexkidd said:
yeah sorry i'm probably not wording it correctly, highest setting you'd leave it at on auto iso also fills the criteria :)

but i mean without conversions to b&w knowing you're going to need to deliver prints of a decent size how high would you deem acceptable chrisgeary? :)
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I knew what you meant Alex. And I stand by my answer - 3200 :)
 
6400
 
Whatever i need really most noise can be dialed out even up to ISO 10,000 and still produce stunning results consider the iso.

ISO 7200


ISO 10,000 or slighlty over


ISO 25,600


The key is to get the exposure right. Click on pics for large
 
impressive, i've seen some examples on the net and throughout the forum on occasion but these really show the versatility under different light sources, cheers for the input and examples guys...

if anyone else want's to chip in feel free :P
 
It depends so much on the quality of the light in question that it's hard to give a single number, but as a general rule, 6400 with colour and 12800 equiv with mono.

Remember though, noise looks far better in print than on-screen.
 
On the D3 I would go up to 6400. I can now go to 12800 on the D3s. they look almost identical.


Kev.
 
shush kev. :P

the first bit of information you've provided is enough, the 2nd only serves to make me muchly jealous :D
 
I never use the auto-iso function - I'll set a higher iso manually if required and use as slow a shutter-speed as I'm comfortable with - even though the noise levels are pretty good higher-up the scale, I prefer to use lower speeds if I can and hand-hold carefully, choosing my moment and waiting for the subjects to 'go static'. I've generally not gone over 1000 iso for many of my shots - mostly in dim and dingy briefing-rooms and bunkers...
If movement is an issue then of course I'll suck it up and go higher...
 
i'm umming and ahhh'ing between 3200 and 6400, 3200 is pretty silky smooth but the grain at 6400 is quite pleasant

round 2.

which level of noise reduction do you have set? :)
 
Woodsy said:
I find leaving auto ISO on a max of 6400 fine tbh.
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Me too and then I tend to use Define to remove a fair amount of noise.

I figured it was better to have a sharp(ish) in focus shot with some noise, than to have lots of camera shake....

So far, I have not used any in camera Noise Reduction on the D700, preferring to do it through Software in PP. What do other people do?
 
gpa said:
Whatever i need really most noise can be dialed out even up to ISO 10,000 and still produce stunning results consider the iso.

ISO 7200


ISO 10,000 or slighlty over


ISO 25,600


The key is to get the exposure right. Click on pics for large
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Crikey, that goldeneye is clean and sharp for 10,000 :eek::eek:
 
Well, I shot this one for you last night :)

ISO 4000. f2.8 1/10 sec handheld on a 14-24mm and through the bedroom window! lol
Now I'm getting the hang of them I'm starting to do things that I would never even have considered before.

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I did run it through Dfine NR just to clean it a little but it's still amazing what you can get away with!
 
That was handheld at 1/10, I just stuck the bottom of the lens hood against the window to get it as close as I could to cut down relfections and it stops me wobbling in 3D :)
 
haha, excellent, a true master of crouching photographer, swimming duck style of photo-fu
 
3200 the majority of the time, photos look stunning when printed in B&W with a bit of noise.

gpa is spot on, it's about nailing the exposure. In the two top examples, they are scenarios in which you have all the time you need to tweak and chimp the perfect exposure. You don't get that luxury at weddings, and 3200 gives a bit of room in PP if you're slightly under/overexposed.
 
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