>>3149277when i was starting taking photos, i always fought to keep iso as low as possible. now i'm usually using 400-800 unless it's really bright enough to use 100. i don't mind going 1600 and even over despite fact that my camera can barely handle 3200, and 6400/12800 are pretty much unusable.
I think realizing that noise isn't all that important is part of "getting over technology and taking photos instead" process