Grain from hell in low light situation

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themagichoof

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Took my Canon 60D + EF 28mm 1.8 out for some night shots tonight. I'm not sure if I had something on the camera set wrong, but I'm getting grain from hell in low light situations. I opened the aperture to full blast, changed the shutter speed to 1/30 (I usually leave it at 1/50) and also fooled with the ISO. Still a bit much grain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP1GrmM8Dc8

^ this is a good example of what I'd want it to look like. There was another example but I can't find it at the moment.

It's either I had something set wrong on the camera, or maybe I'm underestimating how much light you need, even in low light settings. Maybe in the example above there's a lot more light in it than I think?
 
Well, what ISO did you set it at? Something like ISO 6400 is (understandably) going to result in too much gain.

Can we see the results you got to better judge what you're doing wrong?
 
Sometimes the aperture doesn't tell the whole story. The Canon 100mm 2.8 is almos as bright as the Sigma 20mm f1.8. The sigma 30mm f1.4 is one of the brightest lenses.

You NEED f1.4 when going low light. If your iso is 3200 or higher it will show up as grain. You can minimize grain or make it an artistic solution. We shot this with iso 3200.

http://vimeo.com/7713444
 
maarek said:
Sometimes the aperture doesn't tell the whole story. The Canon 100mm 2.8 is almos as bright as the Sigma 20mm f1.8. The sigma 30mm f1.4 is one of the brightest lenses.

You NEED f1.4 when going low light. If your iso is 3200 or higher it will show up as grain. You can minimize grain or make it an artistic solution. We shot this with iso 3200.

http://vimeo.com/7713444
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Really, really nice. Gritty and believable. (And gives me more respect for my 7D whose ISO doesn't exceed 800 but will now. <grin>) Are you in Finland? Beautiful place.
 
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