330th Show & Tell Competition: Expanding your in-camera capabilities

[kzaret]

I've been amazed at how much the modern digital cameras enable you to take photos under conditions that were previously inaccessible. The biggest feature, to me, is being able to shoot at high ISOs, and thus under low light conditions that were unimaginable even a few years ago.

Let's see your shots that your digital camera allows you to take, that you previously couldn't with film or an early digital camera. Some Photoshopping/Lightrooming is fine, but the image should be primarily about what you can only now do with the instrument. High ISO shots are just an example. For example:

ISO 12,800


ISO6400


ISO3200


Submissions will be closed on Thursday the 21st of August 2014 at 1:16:27 UTC

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Competition History available at viewtopic.php?f=9&t=42757

[cbladon]

Interesting! (though such are the capabilities of my camera I very rarely shoot above 400 for fear of increased noise and lack of sharpness)

Shot inside the hotel at Kings Cross St Pancras in London at ISO 400



The best thing about being able to up the ISO though is the ability to increase the shutter speed to capture movement in fast moving objects. My series of toucan shots at the Iguassu Falls came out sharp because I left the camera on ISO400 but this one was still able to be blown up enough to cover a double page spread in a travel magazine



Not sure if this one fits or not as it works in the opposite way to ISO, but one of the things I love most is how you can use an ND filter to get a longer shutter speed in daylight. This one lasted six seconds and captures the hustle and bustle of a London street market.

[vj4000]

1/125s f/2.8 at 200.0mm iso 12,800

1/200s f/4.0 at 200.0mm iso 10,000

1/400s f/1.2 at 50.0mm iso3200

[grompem]

Here the autofocus was amazing. Could've never caught this action with my old film camera...


would've never dreamt of taking this funky cigar pic with any earlier camera...8000 ISO and no grain


another low light image that required both superb autofocus and good ISO capabilities...

[gillk]

Full eclipse with ISO 2000 -


Our town's recycle depot - ISO 20000


Household plant - ISO 3200


Gill

[fishit]

The pictures were taken during the World Choir Games - Cincinnati 2012
I learned to push ISO and that a D700 has a very loud shutter sound with quality acoustics.

[dapascha]

It's not a good picture really, but I was very impressed that I was able to capture the Orion Nebula at all with just my 7D and a 300mm lens from a hotel balcony in Costa Rica. ISO is at 12800, so I could keep the exposure time at only 3 seconds to prevent too much streaking.


One of the first pictures I took with my 7D, which was such an improved in low light over my previous camera (Konica Minolta 5D).

[viveksg]

The North Star (ISO 1600)


Bangles


Hurdy Gurdy

[peterschmidtab]

The dump truck is driving in front of an asphalt grinding machine while the grindings pour into the truck from a conveyor belt. I never would have been able to capture this with anything less capable than a new DSLR.


The competition was held in an old indoor arena. The lighting was dim, strangely tinted florescent lighting of some kind and the dog and handler teams were moving quickly. A high ISO setting and the rapid shooting capability of a DSLR allowed me to capture this image.


High ISO allowed photographing night time construction work without flash.

[jarekm]

[chasp]

ISO 4000 out of the ever "noisy" Canon 7D.



Paris at ISO 3200