1D X Mark II Owners Unite! Discuss & Post Photos

wallstreetoneil wrote in post #18030934
And now a little high ISO comparison (may want to close your eyes if you are not a Sony fanboy)

- the E-ZPass on the left is at / near the clipping point (that is how exposure was set)
- this time +2EV (not +3,EV)
- +100 Shadows and -100 highlights
- 1:3 crops in LR
- this is really a high ISO DR test - you can see with the 5DSR, at 12,800, if you are exposing for your brightest highlight at clipping point, and then pushing shadows, at 12,800 you are running out of DR and there is really no data to push if you have a High DR scenario at high ISO
- this type of exposure technique works at low base ISOs but above 6400 ISO you run out of room very quickly
- interesting point, and with more graphs to come, is that for the properly exposed part of the image (in this case the white E-ZPass on the left) high ISOs are ok for noise

- at 12,800, remember that the 1DXII has half the pixels of the A7RII, they look pretty close
- at 25,600, this is where the 1DxII has its biggest hit to noise, up until 12,800 everything is increasing more linearly - 12,800 to 25,600 is a bigger hit - that said, if the heart of picture is similarly lit, without extreme differences, (unlike this picture), while there is a substantial increase in noise versus 12,600, some NR and a little PP, and you can get a decent image - just remember, you don't have a lot of DR at this ISO to work miracles
- at 51,200, the Sony holds up remarkably well - for B&W web images you could use this ISO


ISO 12,800

5DSR
IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/HtTk​Sy 5DSR_1:3_crop - ISO 12,800 by Paul O'Neil, on Flickr

1DXII
IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/HUkR​WR 1DxII_1:3_crop - ISO 12,800 by Paul O'Neil, on Flickr

A7Rii
IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/GYuN​Cm A7rii_1:3_crop - ISO 12,800 by Paul O'Neil, on Flickr

ISO 25,600

1DXII
IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/HKAn​z1 1DxII_1:3_crop - ISO 25,600 by Paul O'Neil, on Flickr

A7Rii
https://flic.kr/p/HUkN​HMA7rii_1:3_crop - ISO 25,600 by Paul O'Neil, on Flickr

ISO 51,200

1DXII
https://flic.kr/p/HRhR​pU1DxII_1:3_crop - ISO 51,200 by Paul O'Neil, on Flickr

A7Rii
https://flic.kr/p/HtTe​HEA7rii_1:3_crop - ISO 51,200 by Paul O'Neil, on Flickr

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18031215
Speaking of shadows. I was (hell-bent) again wasting my time waiting on a Bluebird an off in the shadows a rarity for here appears. No time to change settings, turn and shoot.

wallstreetoneil wrote in post #18031314
decided to try Capture 1 with the 1DX_II today

i know nothing about the software - always been LR + a little bit of PS person

this is just a quick shot outside of my youngest to try out the software

don't know if it was luck, but file came out much 'richer' and to my liking that LR - the browns were much better

i seriously don't want to learn anything new but may give it a real try over the next 30 day free trial

this was taken in Portrait but then cropped in landscape orientation

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1DX_II with Sigma 24-105 with Capture1 by Paul O'Neil, on Flickr

Chet wrote in post #18031321
What does the original look like?

don't know if it was luck, but file came out much 'richer' and to my liking that LR - the browns were much better i seriously don't want to learn anything new but may give it a real try over the next 30 day free trial

wallstreetoneil wrote in post #18031314
...

don't know if it was luck, but file came out much 'richer' and to my liking that LR - the browns were much better...

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #18031538
It's not luck, it's Capture One. Welcome to one of the most oddly big secrets in photography.