High ISO results with 6D

[Riggers]

I attended a friends wedding this weekend so the evening do gave me a chance to give my new 6D a really good workout in low light to test it's high ISO performance. I have to say I was really pleasantly surprised with the results so thought I would share them here.

My approach with these shots previously was to always to shoot in AV mode, open the aperture wide open and select the highest ISO I think I can get away with (pushing the IS on the lens and my hand-holding abilities to the max). I usually found myself using an ISO of between 2000 & 3200 and this gave mixed results.

This weekend the official photographer for the wedding suggested a different approach and it worked a treat. I switched to manual, set the aperture to 2.8, the shutter to 1/100 (@85mm) and then let the ISO do it's own thing in Auto mode, which is something I've not tried before. This gave much better results even when I saw the ISO pop right up to 12,800. With a little bit of sharpening in Lightroom afterwards I was really pleased.

Needless to say the official photographer struggled to get anywhere near these results with his 500D and Tamron 28-300. He's now put the 6D on his Christmas list :)

Here's some examples (all 12,800 ISO).

[Riggers]

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And here's a few more traditional shots I managed to grab (my first ever wedding shots with a DSLR). The couple were not looking towards me in most of them as I was obviously not the official photographer so tried to stand away at the side so not to distract / disturb them :)

[Riggers]

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And a few more...







Full set here. Comment greatly appreciated.

[Paulstw]

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I like them :) I'll need to get myself a 6D. Pushing the 7D to ISO3200 on Saturday wasn't a plan I wanted to even put to the A-team lol. You should take this up seriously.

[Cyberman]

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Some great shots, I especially like the first one of the bride and groom you posted and the boy pointing up.
The high ISO ones are good too, my 70D gives good results at high ISO but the 6D is a step up again. My friends 6D gives superb low light results.

Well done, hope you are pleased with the results.

[S_J_P]

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Great shots Lee, good to see what the 6D is capable of The interior lighting is a little quirky though I might have been tempted to use a bit if fill-flash to tone down the peculiar lighting!

It's also nice to see someone using auto-ISO mode, setting manual at your hand-holding (or movement-freezing) speed with a wide(ish) aperture and letting the ISO take care of exposure is a technique which I don't think gets enough positive press. With a camera like the 6D with its fabulous low-light performance, this technique works a treat

[Riggers]

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Thanks guys.

Yes I'm really pleased with the results for my first effort. I've been doing too much reading of advice and tutorials and not enough shooting lately so it was nice to get out and take some pics at last.

Agree about the light S_J_P but remember by this time around 15 pints of Carling had been sunk so it was a case of lets just see what happens and anything is a bonus lol.

[S_J_P]

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Lee, I've just had a browse through your wedding album, some of those images are absolutely stunning. I adore the shots in the bandstand and on the jetty, and the shingle-spit reflection is sublime. Your b&w conversions aren't bad either! I applaud you, I've seen professionals results which aren't a patch on some of yours I hope the B&G like them too.

[tesarver]

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Nicely done Lee.

Tom

[DeeGee]

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Some absolutely stunning shots.

[Riggers]

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Thanks everyone.

Of course most of the shots (especially B&G) were helped because of the composition which is thanks to the official photographer (and best man) Jon so I can't take any credit for that. But the quality of my shots and the feedback here does give me a bit of confidence for the future. I just think weddings are a very scary thought and I applaud anyone with the balls to take it on.

Thanks again for the nice feedback everyone.

[Nathaniel]

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Agree with the others. Nice pics and well done.

[briansquibb]

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There are times when using flash makes - can be used to get light to the subject or take it light from the background

[DrJon]

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Good stuff!

[wayne2418]

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Great pics Lee ... well done sir.