Given the choice... P4k low light at ISO 1250 ?por 3200

Is it better to use the "native" 3200 or to shoot at lowest possible ISO (within the 3200 range) ?

Given the possibility to choose.. that is .. enough light to stop down iris and step up ISO.. or viceversa... What is the best ISO to work to? My idea is that I should just do what it is best for the lens (usually the don't perform at top at max. aperture). AM I wrong?

According to the manual, 3200 (400 & 3200 are the reference points); but i haven't tested in real world.

It depends on what you want to,prioritize. The lower part of the range preserves more shadow detail, and then uppper part of the range preserves more highlight detail.

It depends on what you want to,prioritize. The lower part of the range preserves more shadow detail, and then uppper part of the range preserves more highlight detail.

Am still testing, but I believe that famous chart is widely misread, to mean something it's not actually saying (I think). Highlights clip at the same stop at either 1250 or 3200, or anything in between. Noise may be the only actual difference between the two after levels are matched in post.

From what I've seen tested online, if you have a choice to shoot at 800 or 100 ISO in the 400 ISO bank range, to just jump up to 1250 and you will notice a cleaner image. There are a couple videos on YouTube that show exposure changes at every stop, but I don't recall if there was a difference between noise levels at 1250 vs 3200.

From what I've seen tested online, if you have a choice to shoot at 800 or 100 ISO in the 400 ISO bank range, to just jump up to 1250 and you will notice a cleaner image. There are a couple videos on YouTube that show exposure changes at every stop, but I don't recall if there was a difference between noise levels at 1250 vs 3200.

You can't evaluate noise on youtube. And you're mixing up two different questions, by moving from one ISO circuit (100 to 1000) to another (1250 and up), without specifying underlying lighting levels and exposures.

These cameras are ISO invariant. That means that once you select your base ISO setting, raising or lowering your ISO setting is really just adjusting your gamma curve, rather than exposure. That's another way of saying that you're adjusting the log curve that the camera uses to map data from linear light (i.e. sensor native) into its 12-bit payload.

These cameras are ISO invariant. That means that once you select your base ISO setting, raising or lowering your ISO setting is really just adjusting your gamma curve, rather than exposure. That's another way of saying that you're adjusting the log curve that the camera uses to map data from linear light (i.e. sensor native) into its 12-bit payload.

Uhm for pocket4k no
There are two native iso or two different way to use and expose sensor, then when use first or second iso is to expose with more or less light.
From what I understand this user ask when and where is the limits on one and where start second iso or where is better to use second native iso.


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Don’t have the camera yet; but based on what we have seen, I’d recommend shooting ProRes at ISO 1250 before you shoot at ISO 3200 or ISO 1000. That’s if you have enough light and aren’t being forced to shoot at ISO 3200.