High ISO or Underexposed ?

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Morning all,

With the latest and greatest cameras getting better and better at dealing with high ISO (for a bit of fun I played with 20,000) I was wondering (for those with bodies which can really push it) do you crank up the ISO to get a better exposure (in camera) or purposefully shoot underexposed to keep the ISO well under the capabilities of the camera.

Sometimes quite surprised to see how dark images look on the back of folks cameras (not that I'm cross-chimping too much you understand :)) and can only assume that they are planning on correcting exposure in post - and a few of these I see are on the latest models of both Nikon and Canon.

Now of course if I'm shooting a game with practically zero light (my reference for this is Histon) then I would be tempted .... but at games where ISO 3200 (something which I normally feel reasonably comfortable with shooting on the 1DX) is needed for a correct exposure at 1/1000 or 1/2000 then I'm normally more tempted to hit that than ISO 2000 at the same shutter resulting in an under exposed image ...

I keep meaning to have a play in the real world ... but keep forgetting ...

Cheers,

Nige
 
Strange.. I NEVER under expose... In very poor lighting I use high ISO but I also over expose by 1/3
 
KIPAX said:
Strange.. I NEVER under expose... In very poor lighting I use high ISO but I also over expose by 1/3
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Me too. Pulling up exposure in post is bad form.
 
@KIPAX @Stu Blackpool and yes .. that's my mode of operation too .. but certainly from what I've seen there is a bit of under exposing (to keep ISO down) ... and just in case I thought I was looking at the back of a camera which itself had a dark screen, in a few post match wireroom discussions Ive noted lower ISO than I would have expected given the conditions and shutter speed .... without also I might add too much impact (if any) on the image ...
 
I ahve no ideas whos work your looking at or what cameras they are using or settings.. or why they ore photogrpahing..... try googling "expose to the right" but if your asking in a sports forum then I would say the majority will say a slight over expose (to the right) is better than under to the left for the type of work we do ie for newspapers..
 
A lot of wannabee pros think real pros always shoot in manual, so they shoot in manual too despite not understanding what's happening.
 
I have been setting my 1Dx's to 1/1000th and f2.8 and letting ISO take the strain by setting ISO to Auto with +1/3 exposure compensation. Has been working a treat for me with the high ISO performance of the 1Dx
 
You want as many photons to hit the sensor as possible with out blocking up the highlights.
very high iso is in effect underexposing and sorting it with firmware.
 
@nigpd .. yup ... indeed, and that, as I've said, has been my mantra ... it was however (and continues to be where light is poor) an observation I see ... The 1DX continues (even after almost 2 years) to blow my socks off in regards to High ISO performance ...
 
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