[Nikonfreak]

There are a very select few that really need to shoot at ISO 1600 and beyond.* One group I can think of is sports shooters who do not have the stadium, court, etc... strobed, high school type sports at night, etc..

For fun, I took some pictures at my daughter's cheerleading practice the other day.* It was in a gymnasium, under the sodium lights so WB is a real treat to get right; however, the D200 images at ISO 800 are quite clean.* Even the images I shot at ISO 1600 without noise reduction being on are very decent.

Here's a shot at ISO 800, downsized for the board, but still quite good.

I should mention that all of them were taken with the Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 AF-S VR lens

It's unedited otherwise out of the camera.* I'll also post one at ISO 1600

Julio