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Great tip. This works great. Im glad someone figured it out..

Is there any similar setting for the video camera?  It seems to take anything from 5 to 15 fps, with no way to set it, and no way to make it any higher.  The other day, while trying to get a video of a friend in the NYC marathon, he only showed up in 4 frames because it was stuck at a pathetic 10 fps.

mm.. i think you got it backwards

yes, pics will be grainier - but daylight pics will be fine, its the night pics that will be wayyyy grainier and poorer quality

(no - i'm not an english teacher! anyone who finds typos and spelling errors... can keep them!lol)

I definitely do have it right.

Forcing it into ISO 800 when there's ample light to use ISO 200 or 100 will result in much lower-quality pictures. At ISO 100 you will get better dynamic range (more definition in bright and dark areas), more vivid and accurate colors, and less grain.

The grain in lower-light images is directly because of the ISO used. If you're shooting in daylight at ISO 800 you will get the same graininess.

Here is a typical ISO 100 vs 1600 comparison from a basic intro to photography article:

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tha'ts just what i was going to say wengla

i've already set my cam to 400

and johnnythan.. thx for the comparison pics - even in daylight high ISO results in much lower quality pics

i re-read your post.. i think i agree w/ you --- for some reason when i read your post the first time i thought you were actually ADVISING TO set ISO to 800.. but that doesn't seem to be what you were saying at all