EOS R6 ISO Limits

[erikadirks4]

Hi there! I shoot with a cannon eon r6. I have been seeing a lot of posts lately on groups I follow regarding superheavy noise complaints when using a higher ISO. I know that this is a normal thing that happens, but I thought that these camera's were good when it comes to low light situations. My question is, does anyone know what the highest ISO this camera is supposed to be able to go to without heavy noise? Is it normal for things to be pretty grainy at say 800 ISO or does the camera have the capability to go higher and it's just an issue for my camera that needs to be fixed? Just trying to figure out what is normal for these kinds of camera's. Thanks!

[jrhoffman75]

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@erikadirks4 wrote:

Hi there! I shoot with a cannon eon r6. I have been seeing a lot of posts lately on groups I follow regarding superheavy noise complaints when using a higher ISO. I know that this is a normal thing that happens, but I thought that these camera's were good when it comes to low light situations. My question is, does anyone know what the highest ISO this camera is supposed to be able to go to without heavy noise? Is it normal for things to be pretty grainy at say 800 ISO or does the camera have the capability to go higher and it's just an issue for my camera that needs to be fixed? Just trying to figure out what is normal for these kinds of camera's. Thanks!

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This tool will let yiou see and compare noise at different ISO values.

Canon EOS R6 Noise Test Results

[kvbarkley]

And Ken Rockwell takes similar images for each camera at a series of ISO's so you can compare camera to itself and other cameras:

https://kenrockwell.com/canon/eos-r/r6.htm

But your question seems more like pixel-peeping, you haven't told us how noise in a high-ISO image affects *your* images. Most people would be grateful to get any image at all in those conditions, or use HDR techniques to increase the dynamic range.

[jrhoffman75]

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@kvbarkley wrote:

And Ken Rockwell takes similar images for each camera at a series of ISO's so you can compare camera to itself and other cameras:

https://kenrockwell.com/canon/eos-r/r6.htm

But your question seems more like pixel-peeping, you haven't told us how noise in a high-ISO image affects *your* images. Most people would be grateful to get any image at all in those conditions, or use HDR techniques to increase the dynamic range.

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Agree. A noisy image is better than no image. A noisy image can be much more easily corrected than a blurry lower ISO image with corresponding lower shutter speed.

[ctitanic]

I do not consider the R6 to be a noisy camera. At 800 ISO it should not be noisy. I normally have ISO set to Auto and the let it go up to 6400. I would recommend you to check DXO Pureraw. I usually take all my pictures taken during the day and run them trough DXO Pureraw to eliminate noise. After that I take the resultant DNG files and do the normal post processing in Lightroom Classic.