How far can I push the ISO?

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We are hopefully going to the cricket tomorrow - not sure whether to take Canon [shoudler still sore] or my Lumix Gx7… please advise how far I can push the iso on either of these two cameras? I think it most likely that I will take the Panasonic - any help gratefully received. Thanks for reading. :thinking:
 
Sorry - I would probably take the 7D for the extra reach. Thanks for replying.
 
The ISO question is one that only you can really answer. Take well exposed shots at the expected light level you'll be shooting in and see how high you can take it and get results YOU are happy with. Remember that noise reduction software can work very well, albeit with a little loss of fine detail. However, a slightly soft image is probably better than no image at all.
 
Why not just go and take some pictures at increasing ISO settings, and decide for yourself where to draw the line? :thinking:
 
I'd say you need to try for yourself. You might be happy pushing to 3200 where as I might not.
 
Hi guys - well I was ready to do just that and the batteries I had charged up BOTH flattened on me whilst I was practising during their warm up. Upside - I watched the match much more and really enjoyed it! Silver linings….. Commonwealth games coming up - yippee. THanks for your time.
 
I was going to add (just saw your last reply) - push it as high as you need to, to get the photographs.

I shoot at 10,000ISO sometimes for boxing. Stupidly high but if I didn't, would get crap underexposed images.
 
Chipper said:
Hi guys - well I was ready to do just that and the batteries I had charged up BOTH flattened on me whilst I was practising during their warm up. Upside - I watched the match much more and really enjoyed it! Silver linings….. Commonwealth games coming up - yippee. THanks for your time.
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I think you probably need to get better batteries for your camera.
 
Hi - well I guess I am used to Canon batteries not suddenly shutting down and thinking that they will last longer… now I know! Taking chargers galore with me… :clap:
 
Possibly teaching you to suck eggs but... LiIon batteries, as used in almost all cameras now, have no memory effect like NiMH or NiCd cells used to have so can be charged from partially used with no ill affect. They also have a lower self discharge rate so can be kept fully charged for a fair while without loosing too much while in storage. Worth recharging after every session to make sure you have as many shots available when needed. I would guess that you'll get at least 500 shots from each battery from fully charged, although that may drop if you use live view a lot or look at shots on the rear screen all the time.
 
Is this cricket happening outside in daylight?

Work it out backwards. Decide what aperture you want to use to get the depth of field you want then decide what shutter speed you need to use to capture the action.

e.g. if you want to use f8 at 1/1000 sec, on a bright day such as today, those settings would need ISO 200 (using sunny 16).

For a bright overcast day, double the ISO, a bit more dull, double it again, etc.


Steve.
 
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