[jyl]

Originally Posted by bleucamaro

the shots you posted all have a shutter speed slower than the lens length (1/60 w/ 85mm, 1/30 w/ 55mm). For sharpness and reduction of camera shake, I like to keep the shutter speed at least equal to the lens length when well supported handheld, and 2x when standing when hand held, unless I'm looking for motion blur. I'm not real up on the cameras I don't have, but on the D4, The same shots you posted would have been able to use faster shutter speeds, and/or be able to stop-down a bit to a sharper aperture, by using iso 3200. IMO, shooting with ISO 6400 and above requires the use of noise reduction in post processing. There are some work flow tricks that help retain sharpness, but you will be downsizing the photo.

Also, A thing to consider, low light auto focus. It will hunt, and often is faster to just manually focus.

Yeah, the ability to use high iSO will be very helpful for me. I have pushed 400 film to 3200 but it has drawbacks plus you stand at the sink for like 25 minuteszzzzzz