What is your maximum iso?

Paul De Bra said:

Higher ISO means more noise, and more noise reduction often results in "plasticky" results. I can generally tolerate ISO800, and will use ISO1600 if really needed, but anything above that is just for emergencies. Contrary to what is often stated newer cameras do not fare a lot better than the older ones (but are much better than older ones from 20 years ago). I'd say that at least half of the improvements come from smarter noise reduction and no more than half is from actual hardware improvements.
People who are happy with very high ISO images typically look at heavily downsized images. And downsizing is actually a strong form of noise reduction.

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Hornsbee said:

I shot these butterflies a couple of days ago from my kayak except for the squirrel that was on my porch railing when I got home. Had the butterflies stayed still I could have easily halved the ISO if not sustainably more but these little critters never sat still.

I shot these just to have something to bring home as it was a slow day on the river, The wing details are tough to get right even @ ISO500 as these are not the most photogenic butterfly. The solid color background also gets very visibly noisy compared to other backgrounds like tree trunks limbs etc. It was fun chasing these guys just for the heck of it.

Trophies? No, not what I know I can and have done in a better light but I think good samples to show me what my camera can do in future lighting considerations. ISO 6400 is generally my limit for most wildlife but never that high for landscapes.

Of course, these have been edited. The originals hurt to look at!

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Szymon Ciski said:

Hornsbee said:

I shot these butterflies a couple of days ago from my kayak except for the squirrel that was on my porch railing when I got home. Had the butterflies stayed still I could have easily halved the ISO if not sustainably more but these little critters never sat still.

I shot these just to have something to bring home as it was a slow day on the river, The wing details are tough to get right even @ ISO500 as these are not the most photogenic butterfly. The solid color background also gets very visibly noisy compared to other backgrounds like tree trunks limbs etc. It was fun chasing these guys just for the heck of it.

Trophies? No, not what I know I can and have done in a better light but I think good samples to show me what my camera can do in future lighting considerations. ISO 6400 is generally my limit for most wildlife but never that high for landscapes.

Of course, these have been edited. The originals hurt to look at!

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Wow! On my iPad they all look good and the 12800 ISO is indistinguishable from the 3200 ISO imo. How did you edit these?

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