Originally posted by 7samurai
You must have a far better post-process than I do. Depending on light condition at the time of the shot, I get frustrated with ISO 400+.
I think it's just in your mind. Once you get past the "ooooh, I'm gonna get noise in my image" and embrace the grain, it'll be good. Now, my shots are not award winning, I like them very much and I shoot for myself [ok, not the weeding ones] but still, I like them, I like the noise and not that I like it much but I know it's either have noise or have no photo. I choose noise.
Gemini 80-200mm, f/8, ISO 3,200
Spidey
Laughter
Pentax 40mm XS, f/2.8, ISO 4,000
Our Dance
Same settings, but ISO 10,000