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Is high ISO useful for photography?
I started photography sometime back, and always wondered when is high ISO handy in photography? Also can it be used to get any special effect in pictures?
My camera has Max ISO of 800 but I see some ...
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How can I improve shots in the dark, when tripod or flash are not available?
About once a year, at my school we have this event called "Humans versus Zombies", whereby there are these "missons" that occur in the dark at night. I've been trying to capture what goes on there:
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Has low-light ISO performance really improved over the past 3-4 years?
I have a Canon 40D and I always shoot RAW. I am overall pleased with the 40D except for its low-light performance. Anything at or above ISO 800 is unusable for my taste. Just to solve this problem I ...
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Why photos taken with flash appear to have less noise?
I have not verified this on pixel-peeping level. But I have observed that photos taken with flash (built-in one in my case) appear to have very less noise at ISO 800/1600 than the ones taken without ...
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Why does Nikon warn about banding at high ISOs when using autofocus on Nikon D4 or D800?
Nikon says that banding may occur at high ISO sensitivities with autofocus on the D4 or D800:
D800
Noise in the form of horizontal lines may appear in pictures taken with AF-S Zoom Nikkor 24-85 ...
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Wedding cameras - disposable or ebay compacts + film
For a wedding I was thinking of trying to get some better quality disposable cameras. The highest ISO disposables seem to be 800 colour or 400 B&W (I would like to get a mix of colour and ...
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Why does Nikon (e.g. D5100) use Hi1 and Hi2 instead of numeric ISO settings? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What does “expanded ISO” mean?
Are these settings real sensitivity options when reading the CMOS sensor or just after-processing what can be done outside the ...
