Quote Originally Posted by Karsaa View Post
You really saying that iso 1000 is bad? I constantly use iso 5000-10000 on night time shooting and without stacking images i don't have any issues with it. Been shooting macros with iso 3200-6400 no issuess so really can't see what is the problem here.
Astro and BIF are quite different types of shooting. I am a cropped sensor birding photog and yes in my opinion ISO 1000 is pushing it if you want fine details in feathers.

You may have superior post processing abilities than I have.

Dave