High ISO Sensitivity, Quick Tips

Quick Tips

1. High ISO Sensitivity

The following sections introduce useful techniques and camera options applicable to a variety of situations.

The D800/D800E keeps noise to a minimum for high-resolu- tion results at even the highest ISO sensitivities.

The High ISO NR option in the shooting menu reduces the ran- domly-spaced bright pixels, fog, and lines characteristic of high- sensitivity noise, but may leave edges less sharp. You may find that settings of Off or Low offer a

good balance between sharpness and noise even at high ISO sensitivities. If you shoot in NEF (RAW) format, you can change the setting later in Capture NX 2 (available separately).

Select the Noise Reduction tool in the Capture NX 2 “Develop”sec- tion (NEF/RAW images) or Adjust menu (JPEG and TIFF images) and adjust Intensity and Sharpness to achieve the desired result.

High

Normal

	Normal
Detail views of a single subject
shot at different High ISO NR
settings. Higher values reduce
the noise visible in the sky but
also reduce edge sharpness in	Low
the main subject.	Low