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Errors, Slips, And Blunders: ISO Soup

Challenge #29 in the The Revolver series. Hosted by Digital Alfredo, The Bacon Wagoneer.

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If there's one general problem that's common to nearly all cameras, it's ISO noise - whether it be from using the no-flash auto setting, shooting in the dark, trying to catch fast action, or your flubbing the manual settings. Whatever the case was, your resulting photo is nearly or entirely unusable because of too much "grain".

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Announced:

Wednesday, 30th November, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Wednesday, 7th December, 2011 – Tuesday, 13th December, 2011 (GMT)

Voting:

Wednesday, 14th December, 2011 – Tuesday, 20th December, 2011 (GMT)

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- Photos **MUST** have an obvious error - in this case, too much ISO noise
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- Only photos that you, yourself, have taken

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Kasaysayan Pocket Watch

by gerry328

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To recover depth-of-field lost due a macro or close-uop filter attached to the lens, I lowered aperture all the way down to f/22 but in the process, Auto-ISO went up to ISO 6400. While the noise is not that obtrusive, it is there if you look hard enough especially after zooming.

Camera:	Nikon D7000
Lens:	Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Submitted:	Wednesday, 7th December, 2011 01:06 (GMT)
Taken:	Tuesday, 8th November, 2011
Focal length:	50 mm
Shutter speed:	1/20 sec
Aperture:	F22
ISO:	6400
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