Testing 1600 iso

[Jonny]

I cant believe the results i got from 1600 iso on the 20D. I have been shooting regulary at 400 for outdoor sports and they seem to be noiser than these i shot at 1600. :confused:

I was very impressed by the low noise in these though. Both shot with the nifty fifty @1600:

http://www.jonspeed.com/nic/nicgal/mediafiles/l4.jpg

http://www.jonspeed.com/nic/nicgal/mediafiles/l3.jpg

[Geeeyejo]

Did you use any noise reduction software or is this right out of the camera?

[Jonny]

No, it has been run through noise ninja but the image straight from the camera was very impressive.

[Maureen Souza]

These are great...love my nifty fifty/1.4 too

[Geeeyejo]

I'd concur - I have shot indoors at 1600 ISO with my 10D and was also impressed with the results (versus a grainy 400ISO with my S1 !)

[Tom Reid]

I'm into my second week of 20D ownership and every day I'm blown away by something new that this camera is capable of doing. I used to shoot hockey pix with a Drebel at 800 ISO in a poorly lit arena (the one the follwing photo was taken in). 1600 ISO was not an option because of too much noise. Afterwards I have to work like a son of a gun with Photoshop to make the photo look good and most times I gave up.

Last night I shot this one at 1600 ISO on the 20D and you have to look deep to find any noise. The first is as I took it other that cropping. The second is after some changes to levels, contrast and sharpening the edges, no change to noise. I'm totally impressed by the 20D.

[kawter2]

I get a LOT of banding with my 20d + 550EX @ 1600, usually when I am underexposing and letting the flash provide subject i.s.1/90th f2.8 in a dim lit room. I seem to get WAAY more banding than noise

Anyone else