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When extreme high ISO is better than nothing: a rundown on my experiences shooting ballet

Started Jul 5, 2013 | Discussions thread
Petroglyph
Petroglyph Veteran Member • Posts: 6,096
Re: When extreme high ISO is better than nothing: a rundown on my experiences shooting ballet

I think you're shots are pretty good.  Have you added a denoiser, such as Topaz, to your LR flow.  I use it for any ISO shots with 4 digits or over.  I've even used it on 6D shots with ISO 25600 (I'll see if there is one I can post on the forum).  With Topaz you can probably get away with 12800 on the K5II (just a guess) but that would give you another stop of shutter and it recovers some detail you'll appreciate.  If you decide to go FF choose a Canon 6D (standard ISO range is 100 - 25600) expanded to ISO 102400.  They have the 85mm f/1.2 L (pricey) or the excellent 135mm f/2 L (might be perfect for what you're doing).  On this cam set the min shutter to 1/320 and forget about it (1/640 for basketball).

Cheers.

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