D2Hs totally unscientific High ISO experiment

[The Dude]

Cropped but not re-sized, taken from my couch, all hand held with the 85/1.4, I have way too much free time and do not sleep nearly enough...

I was simply trying different settings ISO 200 to ISO 6400 equivalent ... (Yes that's a mustard yellow wall, still have yet to paint this room, one wall came in this color in the apartment... I kid you not.)

At ISO 200 ambient light (incandescent... books sitting on top of a dresser) f/1.4 of course... 1/10 of a second exposure



At ISO 800 = 1/45 sec... If ya ask me, not much of a difference between 200 and 800 hence I skipped a whole bunch of steps... Awesome, just awesome!



... ISO 1000 = 1/60 sec, same light same aperture but gaining in speed fast and pretty good results noise wise so far, excellent for speed! love it!



... ISO 1600 = 1/90 sec wow! Still low noise to me, good for indoor sports and night time city shooting



... ISO 3200 equivalent (One step over 1600!) = 1/180 second exposure... Wowser but starts getting noisier, yet still usable IMHO if you need to.



and last but not least ISO 6400 equivalent (Two steps over 1600, whatever that means...) = 1/350 sec hypersonic fast but freaky noisy...



Not too shabby up to ISO 1600 after which ya gotta need it to use it...

Lets recap a little

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1600 Resized



6400 Cropped



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