nikon 40d iso experiment

two pics......one 1600+ iso
the other is 200 iso.......
200 seems much much clearer..opinons?
first should be 200 and second is 1600+

the one on the left is about 10x better

I have a 40 DX awsome camera try turning on your white balance and if possible no flash. it will get rid of the shadow and give it more natural colour

my opinion u should use the preselected dial modes with the little pictures on the right if u need to ask that ? ive heard good things about that camera though i have a d 70. 1600 shutter is opened much less amount of time than 200 its for action 200 is for somthing more still and with good light

The problem is your lighting. It's not really a problems it's more a result. ISO is essentially the quality of your picture. If you're in lower light conditions you'll want a lower ISO, I would have suggested 500-600 for indoor light (set your WB to the little lightbulb). I often boost it up to 1600 for a beautiful sunny day, not indoors. The result of a high ISO and too low light conditions is a "grainy" photo. Case in point. Your picture quality is set too high for the environment, it's TOO sharp which creates grain. Try putting your camera in Aperture Mode (A) and put the aperture to say... 5-7. Either auto focus or manual, doesn't matter. I've been using the Nikon D80.

Great cameras, Nikon does make.

if i ever get time ill take a few lessons.........
guy asks me what i take pictures of.......im like.......my fruit trees and garden lol

mrCRC420 said:

The problem is your lighting. It's not really a problems it's more a result. ISO is essentially the quality of your picture. If you're in lower light conditions you'll want a lower ISO, I would have suggested 500-600 for indoor light (set your WB to the little lightbulb). I often boost it up to 1600 for a beautiful sunny day, not indoors. The result of a high ISO and too low light conditions is a "grainy" photo.

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got that backwards. high iso = larger grains/worse quality. low iso = smaller grains/better quality. on a bright sunny day i use either iso 50 or 100. i try to never shoot at above 400 unless its really really dark and i have no tripod.