Accidental high ISO

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Hi Folks,

Im a forum newbie, but have been lurking about on these pages a lot since I joined and have gleaned a lot of useful info from you all. Thank-you.

I am also, although have owned a DSLR for nearly 4 years, still pretty much a beginner.

I spent a few hours this morning in Chester with my camera and took over 100 pictures around town. Some of which I would be pretty pleased with except I left my camera ISO set at 3200. :bonk:

Obviously these photos are pretty noisy. The in camera ISO noise reduction was set at NORM and the JPG duplicate looks better but not great.

My question is, is there anything I can do with these pictures to sharpen up/de noise them.
Also, is there anything I can do in future on this camera to reset a set of default settings eg EXP comp and ISO etc before I start shooting or do I simply have to get into the habit?

Thanks again folks.
 
iirc you can set custom modes a and b (read le manual) but there is always the two green dot buttons that you can hold down to reset shooting mode :)
 
Ah yes, the 2 green dots. I knew there was something like that. Just tried it. Spot on, exactly what I was after. :thumbs: Ive done so much reading lately since I got this camera Im forgetting the basics I read at the beginning of the manual. Thanks.
 
lol, we've all done this. The good news is, you only do it once ;)

get methodical about checking your settings when you shoot.

US marines have the saying 'slow is smooth, and smooth is fast', and it applies here. Take the 10seconds to, before you shoot, check everything. ISO, shutter, aperture, image quality setting, that the card is formatted, FeV and eV is set right, and you can't go wrong. Do this EVERY time you shoot. Then, you can just make minor adjustments, and you can rely on your camera to take the pictures with the settings that you need, while you concentrate on the composition, and you can quickly change things from a good basis as you go.
 
Something like noiseware pro or noise ninja will help remove the noise, I don't think holding down the green buttons resets the ISO, although I might be wrong
 
i've done this
it's a pain in the bum!

but you learn :)

noiseninja and noiseware get my vote too
there is a community edition that should do what you need
 
You will also forget the battery/memory card at some point as well if you haven't already. So whilst your checking the settings before heading out- your automatically checking you have a battery in too :)
 
Can you use the 'noise' to your advantage?

PP in monochrome and simulate large grain film.

Noiseware pro or noise ninja may help out.
 
swansemale47, dizmatt - Thanks guy, Ill take a look at those 2. :thumbs:

Bazza - As far as using to my advantage. I like the idea of turning into a monochrome as some of the photos would suit this look. But my knowledge is minimal. Ive converted to greyscale in Camera RAW and played about with a few of the sliders, most of which I don't know what they do :-/ But Im not sure how to get the large grain film effect? Is this a plug in or can it be done in PS?

swansemale47 - the green buttons do reset the ISO as well. ;-)
 
Ok here we go. These are the best of a bad bunch of the accidental high ISO's. Go easy on me, these are not only the first photos I have 'successfully' (and I use the term very loosely) post processed, but also the first I have publicly shown.
Greyscale'd and literally played about with.....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robshaw100/4191466880/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robshaw100/4191449194/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robshaw100/4190655623/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robshaw100/4190623323/

PS, feel free to move this if maybe they should be in the general critique section instead/as well.....:help:
 
robshaw said:
swansemale47, dizmatt - Thanks guy, Ill take a look at those 2. :thumbs:

Bazza - As far as using to my advantage. I like the idea of turning into a monochrome as some of the photos would suit this look. But my knowledge is minimal. Ive converted to greyscale in Camera RAW and played about with a few of the sliders, most of which I don't know what they do :-/ But Im not sure how to get the large grain film effect? Is this a plug in or can it be done in PS?

swansemale47 - the green buttons do reset the ISO as well. ;-)
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I stand corrected. :)
 
aligibbs said:
You will also forget the battery/memory card at some point as well if you haven't already. So whilst your checking the settings before heading out- your automatically checking you have a battery in too :)
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:lol: AFTER reading this , this morning, I went out without the memory card, and my spare wasn't in the bag either :bonk:
 
Tricky69 said:
:lol: AFTER reading this , this morning, I went out without the memory card, and my spare wasn't in the bag either :bonk:
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I do know a guy who keeps a spare 4 gb card in his wallet as insurance.
I think the biggest risk here is if you swop bags around a lot, say a rucsack for walks and a big bag for weddings etc, it's not difficult then to forget something.
I haven't done this with cards but I did once go out without any film many moons ago. a nice misty evening, grabbed camera and tripod, walked about a mile to this lovely tree in the mist, wound on camera and.... realised all my film was in my bag back home :'(
 
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