I just went outside at 1 AM to see what ISO 6400 was like. I took a shot of the moon - hand held - and then turned to take a picture of my car, which I could barely make out in the viewfinder. No, it's not ready for prime time, but I have no idea how the camera got ANY image in the dark. Neither image is down-rezzed - merely cropped for your convenience. View at "Original" to evaluate.
I also did a 100/200 comparo for Antoni in this group. It was just hand-held using auto everything, because I'm freaking tired!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/tags/d300isotests/
Knock yourself out.
2007-12-27 17:53:33 · 3 answers · asked by Picture Taker 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
SORRY - I DID down-rez the car to 72 ppi for quicker download.
2007-12-27 17:55:27 · update #1
Follow answers on http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AszDgSq_det3vB1kFHmY8s7sy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071227211546AAWD2rC for your curiosity.
2007-12-27 23:12:48 · update #2
Mason, I have 5 decent 35 mm cameras in the house now and too many P&S-style 35 mm to count! Pentax Spotmatic, P30, ZX5, & ZX7, Canon AE-1...
2007-12-28 16:48:22 · update #3
Another thing to consider...
When you view this image full size, it would measure about 32" wide x 56" high. That's 1,792 square inches! Please compare that to an 8x10 which would have only 4.4% the area. The other way to look at this would be that you would have to multiply an 8x10 by TWENTY-TWO to come up with an equivalent to the 32x56 image you are seeing.
2007-12-28 18:05:40 · update #4
Dr, that photo is absolutely AMAZING! There's no way I would have believed it was hand held and I would have guessed ISO 800. What else can I say?
EDIT: By the way, you mentioned that you would like to see how my 35mm would fit in your draw... well send me the D300 and I'll gladly send you the 35mm to keep :-)
Edit: and yes I do know how to spell drawer...
2007-12-28 13:27:37 · answer #1 · answered by Piano Man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought you were just joking about going out and taking another ISO test. Well, I have to say the image of the car is quite noisy. But, this is what you'd expect when shooting at ISO 6,400. That's what most DSLR's ISO 3200 looks like. Oh well. Just convert it to black and white, and call it a night.
2007-12-27 18:24:08 · answer #2 · answered by electrosmack1 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They both look good in their own way, I cant decide which renders the colours better, interesting result, slight definition differences but very slight at the res,
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2007-12-27 18:04:08 · answer #3 · answered by Antoni 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋