When it comes to ISO, how high can you go? On your Fujifilm camera, how high is too high? 3200? 6400? 12800? 25600?
This article will explore the topic of high-ISO photography on Fujifilm X cameras. Can you bump it more than you think? Will it look good printed? How does it compare to film? Those are the questions that this post intends to answer.
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After years of just iPhone photography, 12800 ISO on my X100V looks like a dream — even with added noise from recipes — compared to blotchy, misaligned night mode iPhone photos. For screen display, social media, etc., color high ISO is no problem for me. Looking at your prints of high ISO digital photos, I think those look just fine. It helps that I don’t have a photography background I guess, so my standards are aligned accordingly 🙂
Yeah, it’s easy to compare some massive crops and make harsh judgements based off that, and totally forget just how amazing this technology is. I remember in the film days, ISO 400 was considered “high ISO” but now that’s a fairly low ISO in the digital world.