I discovered this gristmill in Guildhall, Vermont about 20 years ago. It dates from the early 1800's, and it's in a great location for photography. I did take a bit of literary license and made the yellow trees in the background more red. It's the reds that make New England so visually dynamic every fall. I took this with a 100mm focal length, and my settings were 1/250, f/16, and 3200 ISO. Note I used a small aperture specifically to insure both the foreground fence and the mill were sharp. That forced the ISO to be fairly high, but as I've made the point many times in this blog, even if noise does show up to a certain degree, Topaz DeNoise AI or Neat Image software eliminates the noise while retaining sharpness. I still use a tripod at times, but most of the time now I don't simply because we can raise the ISO higher than ever before. That allows a fast shutter speed and/or a small lens aperture, and this has truly revolutionized photography.
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Nov 10, 2022, 7:46:09 PM
Jim Zuckerman - It's not a problem asking me questions, Bill. Noise is not a function of the lenses you use. It is only a function of the type of camera and how high the ISO is. Many third party lenses, particularly Sigma, are superb lenses. I shoot Canon. All of my lenses are Canon except one, the Sigma 14mm f/1.8. It's an incredible lens. Jim
Nov 10, 2022, 7:42:55 PM
bill cowden - I dont know if it is ok to ask questions in this format but I will give it a try. I use 3rd party lenses with my nikon body. Will that produce a greater amount of noise at high ISO than if I used nikon lenses? Thanks, Bill