Canon 50D Hi ISO Shots

crockett

I've had very little time to mess with my new 50D but today I spent some time using the micro adjustment focus feature and then took a couple "real world" shots at ISO 1600 and ISO 3200. I took the shots and handled them the way I normally would just to see what I could come up with. I was pretty impressed and I know my 30D would not be capable of the results I got. I know there has been a lot of 40D to 50D noise grumbling but if anyone was interested in what the 50D looks like at 1600 and 3200, here are a couple I took today. The ISO 1600 is a bit soft, probably from camera shake (1/30 on 35mm) but I wasn't interested in sharpness but noise. I'm pretty sure from these shots I'll be able to use ISO 3200 for indoor high school sports. For family snapshots to keep memories I would definately be satisfied with keeping these images, especially the second because it is sharper.

Stats:

Image #1 ISO 1600 1/30 f1.6 RAW Cropped about 66% of original size.
Image #2 ISO 3200 1/30 f2.0 RAW Cropped about 66% of original size.

Processing:
Imported to LR 2.1 and very minor tweaks (exposure, contrast, wb)
Opened in PS CS3
Ran Noise Ninja, profiled image and accepted standard NR.
Sharpen very lightly with Focal Blade Filter.
Return to LR 2.1
Exported from LR 2.1 to Smugmug converting to JPG 100% with sharpening set to Web - Standard.
Posted below selecting the "X-Large Size" from smugmug