Nikon d5500 iso settings

[Blademan]

HI I just got this camara, and I am finding my way around it without too much pain, but one setting is causing me a headache, the ISO sensitivity setting, you can specify a range but i am getting myself confused. any advise would be appriciatiated, i want to shoot mainly in manual or aperture priority, but want the camara to use any available ISO from 100-26000, I had it set great takinig photos with very little light handheld, but somewhere along the line I changed something !!!!

[rickztahone]

You are looking for auto iso feature if your camera supports this option.

[Blademan]

Yes I know that, it is what setting to apply to auto ISO and ISO sensitivity that have me confused

[rickztahone]

Sry, I do not follow. On my camera if I set it to auto iso, then my camera gives me the option to set the low and high end of the iso. For example I always choose iso 100 as base and 1600 as a ceiling. Is this what you aRe asking?

[Blademan]

Sry, I do not follow. On my camera if I set it to auto iso, then my camera gives me the option to set the low and high end of the iso. For example I always choose iso 100 as base and 1600 as a ceiling. Is this what you aRe asking?

That's what I was asking thanks, but why not use the full range of the available ISO range ?

[Blademan]

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Taken last night on lowest Jpeg setting,for uploading as file size on normal are around 7mb per picture and 26mb on fine, what is best way to post pictures on here, taken at a higher quality and larger file size

[rickztahone]

That's what I was asking thanks, but why not use the full range of the available ISO range ?
Its a personal matter for me. I don't like high iso shots if I can help it. Additionally, some cameras deal with high iso better than others.



86793

Taken last night on lowest Jpeg setting,for uploading as file size on normal are around 7mb per picture and 26mb on fine, what is best way to post pictures on here, taken at a higher quality and larger file size
Again, personally I always go for the highest quality (RAW) and then resize down for posting online. This is not the best option for everyone, especially those lacking an editing program

[Arizona Discus]

I always shoot raw in manual ...400 iso and just dink with the aperture till I get the look I want . Nikon 3300 ;) I can't ever get great shots in auto without an external flash Or tons of extra light

[Blademan]

I have shot in raw, but to be honest, I am not familar with the whole imaging adjustments in any programme and file resizing, I will play around and try to learn more

I have uploaded my first photos to photobucket here is the link, I think this way i can up the image size and quality.

http://s620.photobucket.com/user/TeT_photos/library/My%20Fish%20Photos

[rickztahone]

Your pics look nice. The pb one is the stand out in the group. Great job. You can take the image code link and insert here and it will place your photo here.

[Arizona Discus]

That's how I shot these anyway .... not perfect but I'm learning like you ;-)867948679586796

[Arizona Discus]

your pics look pretty darn good to me ;-)

[Blademan]

Your pics look nice. The pb one is the stand out in the group. Great job. You can take the image code link and insert here and it will place your photo here.

Sorry not sure which photo you mean by pb as the stand out one ?

[Blademan]

That's how I shot these anyway .... not perfect but I'm learning like you ;-)867948679586796

These are nice photos :)

[rickztahone]

Sorry not sure which photo you mean by pb as the stand out one ?

This one :)
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt289/TeT_photos/My%20Fish%20Photos/DSC_0170_1.jpg (http://s620.photobucket.com/user/TeT_photos/media/My%20Fish%20Photos/DSC_0170_1.jpg.html)

Very natural looking shot with accurate (what seems to be) wb

[Blademan]

This one :)
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt289/TeT_photos/My%20Fish%20Photos/DSC_0170_1.jpg (http://s620.photobucket.com/user/TeT_photos/media/My%20Fish%20Photos/DSC_0170_1.jpg.html)

Very natural looking shot with accurate (what seems to be) wb

Yea I like that one also

[SteveCA]

Blademan,

I would experiment with the different high ISO settings. I personally don't use auto iso, but if I did, I would limit it to 1600 or 3200 tops on your camera. I've gotten very nice shots at 6400 ISO on my Nikon D3s and D800 but you will notice degradation starting around 1600. You certainly dont want to allow the camera to use the entire range out to 25600 as those shots will have lots of grain and far less detail and color saturation. You should go to dpreview.com, find your camera and look at the images under different ISO. Then you can make an informed decision about the upper limit to set on ISO. Everything on digital cameras are a tradeoff. Yes you can shoot in the dark without flash, but the photos will lack fine detail and the color will be washed out.