07-04-2016, 07:06 PM
freeradical wrote:
I'm not quite sure how small reductions in noise have any meaning any more for most people.
If you have an image stabilized lens that's giving you 3 or 4 stops of improvement, it's unlikely you'll be shooting above ISO 400 or 800 unless you're shooting sports.
Not so. Being able shoot cleanly at high ISO gives you much more latitude to use faster shutter speeds, or to stop down. Many cameras now have ISO 6400 that's easily as clean as 1600 was a few years ago - that is a huge improvement.