Jaw-dropping ISO Performance from D700

PIXmantra wrote in post #8386078
...Please, make sure you post them at 50%, 75% or 100% size (pixel-count wise). As can be seen on this thread (filled with samples, etc.) there is no point, whatsoever, in looking at tiny, small high-ISO images.

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I'm really too busy to single them out. Personally, I'm of the opinion that the camera doesn't really matter much. Noise is about aligning your bodies energy field with your camera. If you are out of sync then you are going to get noisy pictures.

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offcamber wrote in post #8394021
Noise is about aligning your bodies energy field with your camera. If you are out of sync then you are going to get noisy pictures.

Whatever it is, you better share with the rest of us. :p

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offcamber wrote in post #8394021
Noise is about aligning your bodies energy field with your camera. If you are out of sync then you are going to get noisy pictures.

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PIXmantra wrote in post #8269814
My dear friend:

EDIT: You got wrong the ISo speed, Bollan. The scale is like this: ISo 6400, 8000 (+0.30ev), 10000 (+0.70) and 12,800 (+1.00ev). Your tiny/weenie shot up-there is ISo8000, which is even easier. This entire range is also supported, step by step, in FlexNR, btw.

Let us raise the standards in that little forum you keep going back and forth, as we will no longer accept 16.5% tiny/weensie samples.

From now on, we will do 50% and 100%, at any ISo speed we may want to capture. I do look forward the first volunteer from such forum , but, since we know exactly what we are talking about, here goes our contribution (a great capture at 700mm !!!, courtesy of the super-cool Sevan, and beautifully finished with FlexNR-v2.0):

ISo5000ec, EOS 1D MarkIII (I can already see their faces :cool:

http://www.pbase.com …/image/11431224​0/original <= whole frame, web-size
http://www.pbase.com …/image/11431224​1/original <= MICRO detail, 50%
http://www.pbase.com …/image/11431224​3/original <= MICRO detail, 100%

Remember: ask for 50% AND 100% views. Almost any current/modern camera is going to look great at 16% of viewing size (and sharp, btw).

Cheers,

PIX

Definetelly agree. If you wish to compare and judge the quality of photo you should look on 100% crop.

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Bollan wrote in post #8262800
I know high ISO is a sensitive issue in the Canon camp right now and rightfully so.

ISO sensitive issue for Canon? That's news to me.

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Tom Reichner wrote in post #8395133
ISO sensitive issue for Canon? That's news to me.

yeah - although i think its more a sensor issue- and i believe it affects all the manufacturers

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JoeEvans54 wrote in post #8396008
Is it really ISO 10,000... good then

...It is not... it is a pretty tiny (but nice-looking) set of ISO6400 +0.30ec samples, shown at 16% size.

Considering the large amount of Noise Reduction that such files receive at full size when processed via CaptureNX2 (Nikon SW), they will definitely look good when shrank and dismembered down to a 16% view size.

There is no occult science in such approach, though.

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Bollan wrote in post #8262435
Ive been in the Canon camp for 25 years but when you see shots from the Nikon D700 at ISO10.000 it really makes you wonder.

Check this out http://photocamel.com …deo-d700-iso-10000-a.html

Can 5D MKII or 1D MKIII come near this?

I have a Nikon friend who I showed these pics. She does a lot of rodeo photography, and much of it is at night. She went crazy for the pictures, but, like several here has posted, she wanted to know if it was real.

It is a little hard to believe.

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