Posted by Tom Kennon on October 29, 2012 at 10:53 PM
I decided to test the noise or lack of noise on the sensor on my 5D Mark 3, so I headed to Hedge's Pouroff in the Upper Buffalo Wilderness last Saturday. I arrived at about 5:30am just as the moon set in the west. My tests confirmed that the sensor on the 5D Mark 3 is a major improvement from the already good one on the 5D Mark 2. The shot above is looking east from Hedge's Pouroff. There are already hints of the sun 1-1/2 hours before sunrise. I took many more exposures to the west also of the star filled night.
I then waited for the sunrise below
Posted by Tom Kennon on October 29, 2012 at 10:54 PM
This is 30 seconds after sunrise looking the same direction as the first shot with a slightly different angle.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on October 30, 2012 at 8:08 AM
Put good equipment in the right hands and see what you get ... great results. Have fun with your new beast!
Posted by Bill Dark on October 30, 2012 at 11:05 AM
Both are really nice, Tom. You did a great job with the difficult lighting in the sunrise shot...looks like it was a beautiful morning to be there.
What ISO did you use on the star image?
Posted by Darren Huski on October 30, 2012 at 1:55 PM
Looks like it is a winner of a sensor.
Posted by Tom Kennon on October 30, 2012 at 3:45 PM
Thanks for the comments everyone.
Bill, the ISO I used for the above star shot was ISO 1600, lense was a Canon 24-70L F2.8, exposure was 18 seconds. I experimented with a ISO range between 3200 down to 800 as the light increased. I used in camera noise reduction and original file zoomed to 100% had very minimal noise in the range of 800-3200 ISO.
The JPEG compression is killing the star detail in the above shot, but it looks really good in the TIFF file and could be enlarged and maintain good image quality. The next step is to find some really interesting foregrounds to include with the stars!
The sunrise was 5 shots combined that ranged from -2 to +2 exposure.
Posted by Jan Harrison on October 31, 2012 at 10:05 PM
Nice Tom! Regarding ISO, I have done a few macros at 12,800 that were pretty clean.
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6 repliesI then waited for the sunrise below
What ISO did you use on the star image?
Bill, the ISO I used for the above star shot was ISO 1600, lense was a Canon 24-70L F2.8, exposure was 18 seconds. I experimented with a ISO range between 3200 down to 800 as the light increased. I used in camera noise reduction and original file zoomed to 100% had very minimal noise in the range of 800-3200 ISO.
The JPEG compression is killing the star detail in the above shot, but it looks really good in the TIFF file and could be enlarged and maintain good image quality. The next step is to find some really interesting foregrounds to include with the stars!
The sunrise was 5 shots combined that ranged from -2 to +2 exposure.