(From DPR) Best high ISO settings for A700

[agorabasta]

Quoting my myself from two years ago -

The high-ISO settings with the Zone trick:

'Creative style' = 'deep' or 'light' or 'neutral' (the 'standard' is overcontrasty)
'Zone' = -1
'Brightness' = -2 (may use -1)
'Sharpness' = +2 (at higher ISO the effect is mild enough for high values)

The 'high ISO NR' may be set at 'high' for no further PP, otherwise use the 'low' or 'off' (the low is effective enough against hot pixels). I normally leave auto DRO+ active. Use of 'D-R standard' may be much worse if the cam underexposes and tries to compensate. I also use the same settings at lower ISOs with higher manual levels of DRO+. The DRO Lv+2 is very good at ISO640, I often use it indoor.

I normally have AE comp of -1/3EV dialed-in, to me it looks better this way. So the +1/3EV applied by Zone -1 is compensated, and the speed stays the same.

Here is another set of high-DR settings I use on a700 with DRO set to off.

They are safe up to ISO2000 with high-ISO NR set to low.These are the settings I use to squeeze most of raw range into a JPEG. They are specifically for use without DRO+. The DRO+ in a700 uses the existing edges in the image to stitch differently processed parts of image; and in doing so it distorts the edges, creating halos much like those from oversharpening. So when I choose not to tolerate DRO+, I use these.
creative style - "deep"
contrast -3
brightness -2
saturation +1 (and/or +2; that's to your liking)
sharpness +1/+2 (+2 for higher ISO)

[Pirate]

Quoting my myself from two years ago -

The high-ISO settings with the Zone trick:

'Creative style' = 'deep' or 'light' or 'neutral' (the 'standard' is overcontrasty)
'Zone' = -1
'Brightness' = -2 (may use -1)
'Sharpness' = +2 (at higher ISO the effect is mild enough for high values)

The 'high ISO NR' may be set at 'high' for no further PP, otherwise use the 'low' or 'off' (the low is effective enough against hot pixels). I normally leave auto DRO+ active. Use of 'D-R standard' may be much worse if the cam underexposes and tries to compensate. I also use the same settings at lower ISOs with higher manual levels of DRO+. The DRO Lv+2 is very good at ISO640, I often use it indoor.

I normally have AE comp of -1/3EV dialed-in, to me it looks better this way. So the +1/3EV applied by Zone -1 is compensated, and the speed stays the same.

Here is another set of high-DR settings I use on a700 with DRO set to off.

They are safe up to ISO2000 with high-ISO NR set to low.These are the settings I use to squeeze most of raw range into a JPEG. They are specifically for use without DRO+. The DRO+ in a700 uses the existing edges in the image to stitch differently processed parts of image; and in doing so it distorts the edges, creating halos much like those from oversharpening. So when I choose not to tolerate DRO+, I use these.
creative style - "deep"
contrast -3
brightness -2
saturation +1 (and/or +2; that's to your liking)
sharpness +1/+2 (+2 for higher ISO)

Sounds good when explained. Although I don't 'normally' use high ISO in iffy light situations, it's more of a question of putting into MR a 'safe average' set of pre-sets without really having to think about over or under exposing to compensate for the specific MR that's been saved. I've noted that there have been 'suggested' changes to Angoabasta's initial recommended settings, and my query was if that is THE best no-brainer, no-thinker set-up should it be required or if since it was first posted many moons ago if users have found any alternate 'tweaks' to it that may get just a bit better final result to JPEGs, but from what I've seen thus far, your settings are as far as I can tell, the same albeit 2 versions, so although I haven't yet input to my A850 a MR high ISO setting, what I have noted down is:

1. Base mode 'standard', Saturation 0, Sharpness +2, Brightness -2, Zone Matching -1; DR+; High ISO NR 'high'

2. Base mode 'standard', Saturation +1, Sharpness +2 or +3, Brightness -2, Zone Matching -1; DR+; High ISO NR 'high'

On a tangent, for standard JPEG's, I always have the Creative Style setting to 'Deep' with:

Saturation: +1
Sharpness: +1
Brightness: +/- 0
Zone: +1

These settings makes a JPEG as close to a RAW image as I know, but for much higher ISO's, I would expect to have a MR recall capable of ISO 3200-6400, so what would be required to get the best from these 2 high ISO settings or is it a case of setting it to 3200 and dialling-in 6400 manually if required without changing the pre-set MR?