Usuable 30d ISO?

[DinoS]

Hi

What ISO can you sensibly use on the 30d before the images are to bad to print to 10x8?

thanks

mark

 

[alexisonfire]

Don't worry about it, use the ISO that is needed to get the shot. People worry about noise too much.

 

[mattyh]

Just convert to B&W if it looks really bad

 

[desantnik]

If you don't want to start thinking about noise reduction PP, I stick to 400 and below.

800 is workable with a few cleanups.

As for noise "being a problem", it depends on whether you are creating art or just as accurate image as you can of a subject. Noise can easily be part of an arty shot but really spoils a shot that is just supposed to be glossy image.

 

[andrewc]

I used to use 1600 regularly on my 30D with no particular problems. Excessively noisy images cleaned up with NeatImage or Noiseware.

 

[tdodd]

Here's a shot taken with my 30D, handheld at f/8, 1/8, 3200 ISO and processed from raw to jpeg in DPP. Luminance NR was set to 2/10 and chrominance to 6/10. EXIF is intact.

 

[desantnik]

In the words of Slade "c'mon feel the noise"... can you not see that in that shot even at that size?

I suppose it doesn't make a "snap" unusable and if that is all you are trying to achieve then no problem....