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About Me Premium Member Nude Photographer Nick Johnson31/Male/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 1 Year
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ISO 1600, 3200.....

Sat Oct 31, 2009, 9:48 PM
I've been afraid of high ISO for way too long. Maybe it's because the D100 that was my first digital camera started to look like ass at anything about ISO 200. Maybe it's because the Canon Rebel XTi that I replaced it with shot circles around it but still looked like a bad russian night vision scope at iso 800 in low light, and like TV snow at 1600.

I had read horrible reports of banding and gritty, sharpness killing noise with the 50D. I have yet to see it. I think the problem lies in the division between LOW light, and NO light. I tend to flash and burn, drag the shutter, and try to keep my dynamic range fairly reasonable, and have really had no issues with high ISO noise.

I shot a (oh noes don;t tell anyone.... ) wedding last saturday, primarily in monochrom at a mansion outside Issaquah washinton. With the ambient light and usually no flash I was able to shoot ISO 1600 with fast lenses and keep a shutter speed above 1/60th - most of the time 1/125 or 1/250th and ended up with tighter grain that I would have gotten had I used tri-X. No banding or wierd patterns that all the detractors seem to see....

I really don't understand what all the bitching about noise is in the last couple generations of camera bodies. Nikon's JPEGs may look better due to better in camera noise reduction. I could care less if my camera could even shoot Jpegs, so not an issue.

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Comments


:iconpeterlime:
Nick, I'm glad that you added me to your watchlist! :)

I hope you enjoy and be an active deviant :thumbsup:

Peter

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:iconlily-starr:
Thank you kindly for the watch and for showing "Modesty?" some love!

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:iconwildplaces:
Thanks for the watch.
:iconnick-johnson:
You're very welcome. Your stuff is beautiful. You are blessed with some amazing locations and models in Australia. Thanks for sharing.

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:iconwanwo:
Nice ava. When I used for my ava slogan: 'Boycott ISRAEL' & swastika pervert dogs from DA team told me that these images abused their friends-pigs from Israel, and they banned my accounts. lol Maybe I need use similar ava next time? ;)

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:iconnick-johnson:
I thought about hiding this comment but why? Hey if you think swastikas are cool then by all means use them as your avatar.

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:iconwanwo:
u're right

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:below: :heart: :bulletgreen: COMMISSION STATUS OPEN :bulletgreen: :heart: :below:
DO YOU NEED ILLUSTRATOR OR TRADITIONAL ARTIST? :omfg:
MY PRICES ARE REALLY ACCEPTABLE! ;)
[link] :+favlove: :hexentanz: :flaguk:
:iconnick-johnson:
Thanks you very much.

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