Noise on Canon 60D: I increased my ISO to 1600 because of low lighting conditions, took some photos I was proud of without a flash and but disappointed by the amount of noise in my...

lwerthe1mer Loc: Birmingham, Alabama

I increased my ISO to 1600 because of low lighting conditions, took some photos I was proud of without a flash and but disappointed by the amount of noise in my photos. I shot at 1/60 on shutter-speed priority.

Is the 60D so limited in its use of higher ISOs?

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

Hahaha

Are you kidding

I shoot at 6400 and higher

Download noiseware community edition and install with CUSTOM install to avoid toolbars.

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MT Shooter Loc: Montana

lwerthe1mer wrote:

I increased my ISO to 1600 because of low lighting conditions, took some photos I was proud of without a flash and but disappointed by the amount of noise in my photos. I shot at 1/60 on shutter-speed priority.

Is the 60D so limited in its use of higher ISOs?

The 60D is pretty much limited to 800 ISO in low light. It does better in good lighting if you are upping the ISO for the purpose of gaining a faster shutter speed. The 7D and 70D will do much better than the 60D at higher ISO's, as will the T5i.

And please excuse the idiot posts, some of them just cannot help to feed their pathetic egos.

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

MT Shooter wrote:

The 60D is pretty much limited to 800 ISO in low light. It does better in good lighting if you are upping the ISO for the purpose of gaining a faster shutter speed. The 7D and 70D will do much better than the 60D at higher ISO's, as will the T5i.

And please excuse the idiot posts, some of them just cannot help to feed their pathetic egos.

Hahaha. You need to stop looking in the mirror when you reply. One day you may learn to speak like a MAN or adult not a spoilt child with a personality disorder

Crwiwy Loc: Devon UK

MT Shooter wrote:

The 60D is pretty much limited to 800 ISO in low light. It does better in good lighting if you are upping the ISO for the purpose of gaining a faster shutter speed. The 7D and 70D will do much better than the 60D at higher ISO's, as will the T5i.

And please excuse the idiot posts, some of them just cannot help to feed their pathetic egos.

Rather an inflammatory post don't you think?

You have made an unsubstantiated claim yet rubbished someone else who has posted pictures upholding their claim!

Or could it be because the other person happened to be JR?

ocbeyer Loc: Baltimore

I shoot as high as 1600, even 3200, in RAW, with my 40D and have been able to clean them up nicely with LR or Noiseware free community. Can't imagine the 60D being worse.

NOTLguy Loc: Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

lwerthe1mer wrote:

I increased my ISO to 1600 because of low lighting conditions, took some photos I was proud of without a flash and but disappointed by the amount of noise in my photos. I shot at 1/60 on shutter-speed priority.

Is the 60D so limited in its use of higher ISOs?

I find ISO to be a fascinating topic. I have had mixed results when increasing my ISO setting to 3200 or higher, some of which had horrible noise, whilst others have not been bad at all. I still can't get my head around why the noise is not consistent at a given ISO setting. I have come to the conclusion that ISO is only one of many factors, which result in noise.

I have included a couple of examples where in my opinion, the noise in the two shots does not reflect the camera settings or conditions under which the shots were taken. To my eye, the noise in the outdoor shot is far worse than the noise in the barn shot (horrendous lighting conditions, no flash) and both were taken using an ISO setting of 3200.

I would welcome comments to my observations.

Please don't bother to critique my photographs, since I already know that they are both poor quality. I'm just using them as points in case.

NOTLguy Loc: Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

lwerthe1mer wrote:

I increased my ISO to 1600 because of low lighting conditions, took some photos I was proud of without a flash and but disappointed by the amount of noise in my photos. I shot at 1/60 on shutter-speed priority.

Is the 60D so limited in its use of higher ISOs?

I find ISO to be a fascinating topic. I have had mixed results when increasing my ISO setting to 3200 or higher, some of which had horrible noise, whilst others have not been bad at all. I still can't get my head around why the noise is not consistent at a given ISO setting. I have come to the conclusion that ISO is only one of many factors, which result in noise.

I have included a couple of examples where in my opinion, the noise in the two shots does not reflect the camera settings or conditions under which the shots were taken. To my eye, the noise in the outdoor shot is far worse than the noise in the barn shot (horrendous lighting conditions, no flash) and both were taken using an ISO setting of 3200.

I would welcome comments to my observations.

Please don't bother to critique my photographs, since I already know that they are both poor quality. I'm just using them as points in case.

NOTLguy Loc: Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

NOTLguy wrote:

I find ISO to be a fascinating topic. I have had ... (show quote)

Sorry for the double post, I forgot to click (store original) in my first post.

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

ocbeyer wrote:

I shoot as high as 1600, even 3200, in RAW, with my 40D and have been able to clean them up nicely with LR or Noiseware free community. Can't imagine the 60D being worse.

It isn't some just don't like ME hence the silly comment

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

NOTLguy wrote:

I find ISO to be a fascinating topic. I have had ... (show quote)

You under rate yourself

NOTLguy Loc: Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

JR1 wrote:

You under rate yourself

Thanks JR1.

Any thoughts on my ISO comments?

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

NOTLguy wrote:

Thanks JR1.

Any thoughts on my ISO comments?

Don't forget noise can be effected by lighting dark and light areas within the photo and much more

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_noise

dead2fred Loc: Da Bronx

I have a 60D and took this picture at around 9:30pm last June of a house about half a mile across the lake. Sigma 70-200m 2.8 ISO 6400 1 second at F4 on a tripod. I didn't do anything to it post. Doesn't sound noisy to me...

Crwiwy Loc: Devon UK

dead2fred wrote:

I have a 60D and took this picture at around 9:30pm last June of a house about half a mile across the lake. Sigma 70-200m 2.8 ISO 6400 1 second at F4 on a tripod. I didn't do anything to it post. Doesn't sound noisy to me...

Wait until the wind gets up and throws waves against the shore! :lol: