#high-iso

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Ilford Delta 3200

Photo taken by Ana Knežević.

ISO 20000. RAW VS JPG

Foto von gestern. Zur Erklärung: versehentlich hatte ich das JPG bearbeitet und weil ich nicht alles noch einmal machen wollte, hab ich die Einstellungen einfach rüberkopiert (meine Kamera spuckt immer sowohl jpg als auch RAW aus und ich lasse mir beide in Lightroom anzeigen). Und warum so ne übertieben hohe ISO? 360mm, 1/640s und die Blende geht nicht weiter auf als f/6.3. bearbeitete RAW-Datei…

Unscientific Noise Reduction Test Part 2 – 12800 ISO

For the first part of this test which I posted yesterday (link), I used a 6400 ISO picture that was poorly exposed, thereby creating a very challenging file but it wasn’t representative of what can really be achieved on MFT at High-ISO. Still, it certainly served its purpose as a test of how effective the various tools I tested were. Several readers mentioned that with DXO Photo Lab and Topaz AI…

On Photography, Sensor Size and Pixel Peeping

These days we see a lot of people on blogs and social networks talking about why their camera is best and why such other system is bad or that sensor is too small, etc ,etc. What these all invariably forget is that every photographer has different needs, different priorities, different values, different budgets. From my point of view, there is no best camera or best brand or best photographic…

On High ISO and its Impact on the Art Work.

Brooks Jensen, highly respected editor of LensWork and master at making small to medium-size fine art prints, just posted a thought provoking PodCast on the subject of High-ISO and how it affects the Art Work.

The main point he’s making is that High-ISO, just like using a tripod, affects how you take images. The tripod allows you to slow down, take your time composing and allows you to use slower…