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What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?

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MarcusBrody

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What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?

Nov 8, 2011

What do you consider the highest useable iso for general still photography?

I have a GH2 and semi-frequently go to 3200, but don't like to go above that so I'd consider it the effective limit. I occasionally go to 6400 when sitting around at a fire at night, but don't ever have high hopes for those pictures being particularly useable.

What are other people's cameras/experiences/noise tolerances?

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What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	MarcusBrody	Nov 8, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	mpgxsvcd	Nov 8, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	jim stirling	Nov 8, 2011
E-pl1....	tedolf	Nov 8, 2011
GF2: 1600 RAW, 800 jpeg (nt)	Loga	Nov 8, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	PC Wheeler	Nov 8, 2011
Re: E-PL1, 1600 with caveat	tinternaut	Nov 8, 2011
Re: E-PL1, 1600 with caveat	tedolf	Nov 8, 2011
g1: 1600, gf2: 800	Andy Crowe	Nov 8, 2011
Re: g1: 1600, gf2: 800	woof woof	Nov 8, 2011
Re: g1: 1600, gf2: 800	Andy Crowe	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	MarcusBrody	Nov 8, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	MarcusBrody	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	woof woof	Nov 9, 2011
Re:EPL1-1600 sometimes	Lights	Nov 8, 2011
Re:EPL1-1600 sometimes	rrr_hhh	Nov 9, 2011
Re:EPL1-1600 sometimes	Lights	Nov 9, 2011
G3 was a good upgrade from G1 and GF1	Diane B	Nov 8, 2011
Re: G3 was a good upgrade from G1 and GF1	inlawbiker	Nov 9, 2011
Agreed. 1600 ISO on the G3 looks better than 800 on G1. /nt	FlashInThePan	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	CelticOdyssey	Nov 9, 2011
GH2 - ISO 3200 (nt)	amtberg	Nov 9, 2011
Re: GF1 - 1600 isn't bad if exposed correctly	sean000	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	Anders W	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	tzf30	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	Anders W	Nov 9, 2011
It's all about the DR	tjuster1	Nov 9, 2011
Re: It's all about the DR	MarcusBrody	Nov 9, 2011
Re: It's all about the DR	ChinaM43User	Nov 9, 2011
EP3	Steven Wandy	Nov 9, 2011
Re: EP3	rrr_hhh	Nov 9, 2011
Re: EP3	Lights	Nov 9, 2011
Re: EP3	Steven Wandy	Nov 9, 2011
Re: EP3	Lights	Nov 9, 2011
GF2 - 800 in good light at a push...	vin 13	Nov 9, 2011
Re: GF2 - 800 in good light at a push...	fras23	Nov 9, 2011
E-P1, 3200 as last resort	Yohan Pamudji	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	s_grins	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	rrr_hhh	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	s_grins	Nov 9, 2011
GH2, ISO1200-1600 [no text]	larsbc	Nov 9, 2011
Re: GH2, ISO1200-1600 [no text]	compositor20	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	cameron2	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	Clyde Coman	Nov 9, 2011
OMG! You guys are crazy!	mh2000	Nov 9, 2011
Re: OMG! You guys are crazy!	Steven Wandy	Nov 9, 2011
Re: OMG! You guys are crazy!	mh2000	Nov 9, 2011
Re: Large prints vs Facebook - that is the question	sean000	Nov 9, 2011
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Re: Large prints vs Facebook - that is the question	sean000	Nov 9, 2011
Re: Large prints vs Facebook - that is the question	mh2000	Nov 9, 2011
Re: OMG! You guys are crazy!	Yohan Pamudji	Nov 9, 2011
Re: OMG! You guys are crazy!	mh2000	Nov 9, 2011
Re: OMG! You guys are crazy!	Yohan Pamudji	Nov 10, 2011
Re: OMG! You guys are crazy!	amtberg	Nov 10, 2011
Re: OMG! You guys are crazy!	mh2000	Nov 10, 2011
Re: OMG! You guys are crazy!	mh2000	Nov 10, 2011
Re: OMG! You guys are crazy!	Lights	Nov 9, 2011
Re: OMG! You guys are crazy!	mh2000	Nov 10, 2011
Re: OMG! You guys are crazy!	Lights	Nov 10, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	JosephScha	Nov 9, 2011
GFI - RAW - Iso 800, very seldom up to 1600 (not very pretty)	NuFonaut	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	rrr_hhh	Nov 9, 2011
Of the m4/3's cameras I've used I'd say......	papillon_65	Nov 9, 2011
Depends On The Output Method/Audience	CrashE3	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	Peter Rongsted	Nov 9, 2011
For me, 800 but...	wildwilly	Nov 9, 2011
Re: For me, 800 but...	Gabi	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	Robert Deutsch	Nov 9, 2011
GH1 -- 400 or 800 for print, maybe 1600 for Web	Gato Amarillo	Nov 9, 2011
Note: New G-series do better	Gato Amarillo	Nov 9, 2011
Depends... Oly E-PL3	dg001	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	zucchiniboy	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	zucchiniboy	Nov 9, 2011
1600 on the GF2	Sam Bennett	Nov 9, 2011
400 max on GF1 ...stretching at 800	dv312	Nov 9, 2011
GH2: iso 3200	tgutgu	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	dko22	Nov 9, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	Franka T.L.	Nov 9, 2011
Happily go up to 3200	D200_4me	Nov 9, 2011
GH2 iso 3200 for video, iso 1600 for still	Zoltan Csuka	Nov 10, 2011
Re: What do you consider the effective ISO limit of your camera?	Traciatim	Nov 10, 2011
ISO4000 is cool and 6400 is excellent.	Adventsam	Nov 10, 2011

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