I will go as high as ISO 12800 when shooting birds with the K-1 but prefer 8000 or less. With TAV mode you can set the upper limit.
Paul > On Sep 21, 2019, at 11:13 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nothing objectionable with the ‘noise’ in that image. Nice catch Larry. > > I suspect part of the success regarding ‘noise’ in that image is the overall > brightness to start with. If the overall lighting were darker the noise might > become objectionable in the processing trying to bring the detail. > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: PESOs For the Birds >> >> >>> On Sep 19, 2019, at 8:56 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Paul. >>> I recently started shooting in the TAV mode myself and am looking to find >>> an acceptabvle max ISO to shoot with. >> >> I have found that when pushing the performance envelope I’m less likely to >> completely lose a shot due to too high an ISO than I am to too low of a >> shutter speed. >> >> Here’s one with my K-5, which I was surprised to note after the fact was at >> ISO 10,000. To me, the noise looks on par with the grain from Tri-X. >> >> http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/9313464692/ >> >> full set >> http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157634684347823 >> >> Another time I was photographing some friends on stage, and in post >> processing I noticed that one of the frames as a bit noisy, then I realized >> that it was at ISO 25,600 >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8366084507/ >> >> full set: >> http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157632485855236 >> >> In short, my feeling is lean on your shutter speed and aperture as hard as >> you feel safe, and take what ISO you get. If the final result is too noisy >> to be usable, chances are you would have lost it with a slower shutter speed. >> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen >> [email protected] > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
