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D3 high ISO Red Grouse

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Posted by Andy Astbury on February 17, 2009 at 2:46 PM
Just had a quick stint on the "Grice" in some God-awful light as you'll see from the techs.

D3
300-800mm + Nikon x1.7 TCE2 (modified)
ISO 2000 (yes that's not a typo!)
1/125th @ f7.1
Full frame
Manual focus

Bit of a sex-machine this D3 :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

Thanks for looking :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on February 17, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Andy it can do more in the ISO range with good results, however it can't make tea! :biggrin:

Nice one :wavey:

Steve
Posted by Dawn Monrose on February 17, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Wow, super sharp, and I've looked very hard, but I can't see any noise! :eek:

The 'god-awful' light has given nice subtle tones, and the grouse really stands out!

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Posted by Richard Peters on February 17, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Lovely shot indeed - ISO 2000? Pah, you can push it much higher than that and still get surprisingly good results :wink:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on February 17, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Hi Andy a nice looking image give iso4000 ago.

Phil.

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Posted by Tom Smit on February 17, 2009 at 3:44 PM
Great shot. Nice OoF FG.
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Posted by Liam Pauling on February 17, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Lovely shot I really like the eye contact.

Wow that is clean for iso 2000, I struggle to get results like that with iso 400 on my 350d.
Posted by jack chapman on February 17, 2009 at 3:58 PM
nice shot Andy, really like the pose here, the noise is really quite impressive, though i wonder what the point is, most of us just use ISO 400 and wait till it's daytime :biggrin:, seriously though what time did you take this that you could only get 1/125 at ISO 2000!!
Posted by kevin Treadwell on February 17, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Nice one Andy, i guess your back is feeling better?????
D3????

Kevin
Posted by Andy Astbury on February 17, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Jack - time of day irrelevant, amount of light (in this case none) is what counts - with an effective 1300mm+ focal length, manual only focussing and no light what would you do prithee :eek: :eek:

That's the point :biggrin:

Mr.Treadwell - well it could have been a D3X if someone I know had offered me one for Norway :biggrin: :biggrin:

Yes it is thanks matey :biggrin:
Posted by Justin on February 17, 2009 at 5:15 PM
Excellent shot Andy and impressive quality.
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Posted by Danny Green on February 17, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Hello Andy

ISO 2000 and no noise its better than my 1d MK11 at ISO 200 I hate you!!!!!!!! I hate nikon!!!!!! I hate canon!!!!!!!!! I hate Ed!!!!!!! I hate the weather!!!!!!! I hate my car!!!!! I hate my camera!!!!! oh and did I mention I hate you!!!!!!!! :mad:

Danny :mad: :eek: :redface: :argue: :jump: :biggrin:

Oh nice shot by the way :wink:
Posted by Mark Wilson on February 17, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Very nice Andy, I really like how the muted colours set the mood.
Posted by PhilH on February 18, 2009 at 3:31 AM
LoL at Danny...

Impressive, just goes to show how good modern cameras are getting, one wonders when will it all end.....

Great image particularly given the techs....

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on February 18, 2009 at 6:54 AM
Wonderful shot Andy!
Like the OOF foreground!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on February 18, 2009 at 12:47 PM
Hi Andy,up to your usual high standards.........like it lots

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Posted by Kim Connolly on February 19, 2009 at 2:54 PM
A beautiful composition Andy, I like it very much.
Posted by Magnus Hird on February 19, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Super grouse shot Andy, especially considering the technical difficulties :smile:
Posted by Ian Mason on February 19, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Hmph! :mad: When will canon catch up? This looks seriously good.
Posted by cedric jones on February 21, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Great shot.