Several have asked me to do a quick compare of the various ISO speeds in low light situations.  So, I took the camera out to the lake last night, poped it onto a tripod and shot 3 exposures at about 7:30pm – about 30 minutes after sunset.  As you can see from the spliced images, I first shot at ISO 200 (left), ISO 3200 (center) and then ISO 6400 (right).

The noise increases as expected from shot to shot.  But a lesser camera could not have pulled this off.  This thing is amazing at ISO 6400.  Imagine if I turned on the noise reduction?

Yes, note that I did not use any on camera or off camera ISO noise reduction.  There is zero post work to this shot other than splicing the three shots together and sticking a frame on it.  No sharpening, no curves, no color adjustments.

Hell, not even a white balance.

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