p.1 #1 · What do you experts consider to be a safe auto ISO range for my R8?
I'm thinking 100 to 1600. When I set it on auto ISO I just want to make sure that I get a photo that is not shall I say" overly affected" by a high ISO setting like maybe 6400.
p.1 #4 · What do you experts consider to be a safe auto ISO range for my R8?
Up front, I don't get paid for any camera work. I do care what my photos look like. I don't use any 'special' noise handling software. When I was using full-frame 6DII, my default max ISO was 12,800. On aps-c (80D/90D) I used 6400. I now use an R10, and max default is 12,800 on that. I find that nobody (besides photogs) really give a FFA about noise. When sharing down-sized photos online, sending photos to digital picture frame, prints up to 8x10, those ISOs are just fine. The higher ISOs need a bit of attention, but nothing serious. Pixel-peeping and looking at 11x17 photos from 12" away makes noise look worse than it really is. I don't do that... anymore.
p.1 #5 · What do you experts consider to be a safe auto ISO range for my R8?
When I shot with the R8 I got very nice results even at very high ISO. Modern NR software is so good that even ISO 12,800 and 25,600 can yield good results for most situations. Depending on what you’re shooting, is how I’d deal with the high end. For general shooting, 6400 would probably where I’d top out, but for wildlife/birds I wouldn’t have any issue setting 12,800 or higher to maintain the shutter speed needed.
Here’s an ISO 10,000 shot on the R8:
100% crop with just default LR settings:
And 100% crop denoised (this was several years ago and LR’s AI denoise is even better than this now IMO at preserving a natural look.)
p.1 #6 · What do you experts consider to be a safe auto ISO range for my R8?
All the way up sans expanded options. As others have stated, NR in post (with plenty of options now) is better than it has ever been. DxO, AiArty, and sometimes LR Denoise FTW.
p.1 #7 · What do you experts consider to be a safe auto ISO range for my R8?
John Power wrote:
I'm thinking 100 to 1600. When I set it on auto ISO I just want to make sure that I get a photo that is not shall I say" overly affected" by a high ISO setting like maybe 6400.
Despite the low-grade body, the sensor is in line with most all modern Canons. As others have mentioned NR can improve images, but the lower the ISO the better and having a good exposure is important at high ISOs. I don't know what you photograph and why, so that bears consideration.
p.1 #8 · What do you experts consider to be a safe auto ISO range for my R8?
I use whatever ensures the shot. I can tolerate a bit of noise but can't use an image with motion blur. Trains at night up to 25,000 on my R6, but I try to keep it lower at the expense of some depth of field shortness. I think with modern FF cameras ISO is the last of the three adjustables (shutter, aperture, ISO) to worry about.
p.1 #9 · What do you experts consider to be a safe auto ISO range for my R8?
EB-1 wrote:
Despite the low-grade body, the sensor is in line with most all modern Canons. As others have mentioned NR can improve images, but the lower the ISO the better and having a good exposure is important at high ISOs. I don't know what you photograph and why, so that bears consideration.
EBH
What do you mean by a low grade body? It looks and feels good in my hands to me and produces very nice photographs. The body is no 1DMKIIN but I do not want to lug that around anyhow. I photograph anything I see that I want to take a photo of. People, animals, big plumbing fixtures outside of buildings, people, flowers, etc., etc
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p.1 #10 · What do you experts consider to be a safe auto ISO range for my R8?
John Power wrote:
What do you mean by a low grade body? It looks and feels good in my hands to me and produces very nice photographs. The body is no 1DMKIIN but I do not want to lug that around anyhow. I photograph anything I see that I want to take a photo of. People, animals, big plumbing fixtures outside of buildings, people, flowers, etc., etc
There are some things missing in the R8 that I for one really appreciate. It doesn't have a full mechanical shutter. It doesn't have IBIS. It doesn't have a top LCD panel. So it is clearly missing a few things that higher level cameras from Canon have. The sensor, however, is quite good and the same sensor as in the R6 MK II. It isn't super high resolution, but has very good sensor scan speed making the electronic shutter a lot more useful, and most relevant to the current thread its high ISO performance is very competitive with any camera Canon makes and FF cameras from other manufacturers as well.
p.1 #11 · What do you experts consider to be a safe auto ISO range for my R8?
John Power wrote:
What do you mean by a low grade body? It looks and feels good in my hands to me and produces very nice photographs. The body is no 1DMKIIN but I do not want to lug that around anyhow. I photograph anything I see that I want to take a photo of. People, animals, big plumbing fixtures outside of buildings, people, flowers, etc., etc
People complained I used "cheaply" too often. I have been informed by Marketing that it should be termed Entry Level.
Here are the prices at Canon USA for the main FF bodies (previous MAP) not counting video or astro and older bodies hanging around in inventory.
p.1 #13 · What do you experts consider to be a safe auto ISO range for my R8?
What do you mean by a low grade body? It looks and feels good in my hands to me and produces very nice photographs. The body is no 1DMKIIN but I do not want to lug that around anyhow. I photograph anything I see that I want to take a photo of. People, animals, big plumbing fixtures outside of buildings, people, flowers, etc., etc
The R8 is considered an entry-level camera because it doesn't have some of the features that others have outlined. What it does have is the same sensor, processor, and AF as those in the EOS R6 II. If it meets your need, that's all that matters. It's still a very capable camera.
For casual shooting, ISO isn't too much of an issue. Any unwanted noise can usually be cleaned up in post.
p.1 #16 · What do you experts consider to be a safe auto ISO range for my R8?
Mostly nobody will see the differences in IQ with the same lens on an R1, R6 II and R8, but the ability to capture the image may depend substantially on the camera. The R8 has not the MS, only EFCS, and the ES is just about 1/68 so there are limitations for action.
p.1 #17 · What do you experts consider to be a safe auto ISO range for my R8?
Using something less than absolute cutting-edge gear is nothing to be defensive about. Shoot what you like. People are really fickle. I shot film until about 2021. One day I'd get grief from other shooters about using an EOS apsc and a kit lens that was a few generations old. The next day I'd get, "Cool camera! What is it?" over my Mamiya VI 4b, or Rollieflex. Five years old is ancient, worthless crap. Seventy years old is fantastic sfuff. Go figure.
p.1 #18 · What do you experts consider to be a safe auto ISO range for my R8?
The funny thing about the R8 is that, aside from the battery life, and physical construction/size, it would have been considered an absolute monster of a camera, with flagship level performance, just a few years ago. It’s only because we have other cameras that have even more features that it is “entry level” in comparison.
The R8 is essentially an R6 II with a few things cut back, notably a smaller battery, worse EVF, no IBIS, lower mechanical framerate, and fewer control points. AF, sensor, general performance are all the same or extremely close and there’s very little one couldn’t do with that camera.
p.1 #19 · What do you experts consider to be a safe auto ISO range for my R8?
All I can say is it's working for me just like all my other Canon cameras in the past 20 some years worked for me. People can talk about it doesn't have this it doesn't have that in an effort to make the camera sound like it is somehow defective but for most of us it is a wonderful fully functional high end but still affordable camera
I have been informed by Marketing that it should be termed Entry Level.