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D800 High ISO examples

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Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 24, 2012 at 10:48 AM
D800 High ISO examples
During a slow shooting time this weekend, I took a series of shots with increasing ISO's to test the Noise capabilities of the D800.
Results below, for those interested. pretty impressive, IMO


No processing done other than re-sizing

This first one is ISO 6400
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 24, 2012 at 10:48 AM
ISO 5000
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 24, 2012 at 10:51 AM
ISO 4000
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 24, 2012 at 10:52 AM
ISO 3200
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 24, 2012 at 10:53 AM
ISO 2500
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 24, 2012 at 10:53 AM
ISO 2000
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 24, 2012 at 10:54 AM
ISO 1600
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 24, 2012 at 10:54 AM
ISO 1000
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 24, 2012 at 10:55 AM
ISO 640
Posted by Bill Chambers on July 24, 2012 at 1:29 PM
hard to tell much at this resolution and size, but right off hand the 6400 looks darn good.
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 24, 2012 at 1:44 PM
These are all about a 50 percent crop
Posted by David Bostedo on July 24, 2012 at 11:33 PM
Sandy - A 50% crop of a D800 image is 18 megapixels. Down-sizing that to 720 pixels on the long side will largely erase any noise. Could you perhaps post 100% views?
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 25, 2012 at 10:49 AM
ok, a full size at 6400 ISO.
Posted by Keith Bauer on July 25, 2012 at 11:23 AM
I don't think David meant a 100% view of the full image. He means a view at Actual Pixel level detail and then a crop of that to show the details.
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 25, 2012 at 7:29 PM
6400 ISO
Posted by David Bostedo on July 25, 2012 at 10:48 PM
Thanks Sandy - Looks great. Any chance you could post the shadowy area under the duck?
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 25, 2012 at 11:51 PM
Sorry, I have already spent WAY too much time on this today.
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Posted by David Bostedo on July 26, 2012 at 9:19 AM
No problem Sandy... I'm being greedy. The noise looks very good. Thanks for posting!
Posted by Kevin Pepper on August 2, 2012 at 3:05 PM
Thanks so much for posting these. I am an OLY shooter and trying both the D800e and the 5D MkIII right now to decide which way to go... and real world testing makes my decision easier. :biggrin: