first play at high ISO with 1DX

[fess67]

ISO 25600

92992

ISO 51200
92993

It can go higher as well!! I am amazed at how 'useable' these images are. True there was some ambient light and that may make a reasonable difference but imagine the possibilities in a wedding reception type environment. Shot in AV mode at f2.8 with a 70 - 200. ISO on auto.

[norwest]

That just makes me cry. :( Any PP at all other than web size reduction?

[fess67]

yep - noise reduction in ACR, sharpen in ACR, crop on both images. Slight curves on the cat and sharpen both in CS5.

No noise reduction set in camera. I have not tried it yet but from what I read the in camera NR is pretty good if you are pumping out JPEG. I shoot only in RAW so I turned it off.

[MattNQ]

That just makes me cry. :(

x2

[Gonk0]

They look very good at the high ISO, but could be a stupid question, any flash used at at all in the pics?

[Mark L]

.... any flash used at at all in the pics?
sob, ExIf, sob, data, sob, says, sob, no, sob. Crying x 3.

[Gonk0]

sob, ExIf, sob, data, sob, says, sob, no, sob. Crying x 3.

Thanks Mark, I got an error when trying to view the EXIF data.

[rowdy23]

looks like a shite load of noise reduction on 1st shot
looks cartoony now

[fess67]

looks like a shite load of noise reduction on 1st shot
looks cartoony now

ROFL, yep that noise reduction filter shrunk the big truck :p

Have included SOOC shots. Simply resized for JPEG.

25600

51200

[Eberbachl]

As expected, the 51200 image is pretty horrid, but that's some impressive performance at 25600!

;)

[Rattus79]

As expected, the 51200 image is pretty horrid, but that's some impressive performance at 25600!

;)
Nah, that noise is ok, just turn it B&W and call it "artistic"

[I @ M]

Seriously impressive performance Fess. :th3: You now have no excuses for any botched low light shots. :D


As expected, the 51200 image is pretty horrid, but that's some impressive performance at 25600!

;)

Horrid ???? I only have to look back 5 or 6 years and remember taking photos like that with a D200 Nikon and thinking that they were a bit rough around the edges and then consoling myself by saying " what do you expect when you push them to 800 ISO". :Doh:


Nah, that noise is ok, just turn it B&W and call it "artistic"

Been there, done that a few times. :cool:

[Eberbachl]

I'm not saying that getting to ISO 51200 before experiencing noise like isn't impressive, just that the noise itself is horrid ;). The 25600 ISO noise is very usable though, and quite astounding.

I too remember the low light performance of my first DSLR (Nikon D70), and I'm thankful for what I've got today in my K-5, which is astouding for an APS-C camera.

:D

[Rattus79]

having come from a k10 (ISO 400 useable) to the K5 (ISO 3200 very useable) it's astounding just how far we've come in such a short time.

[fabian628]

nice.

[JM Tran]

having come from a k10 (ISO 400 useable) to the K5 (ISO 3200 very useable) it's astounding just how far we've come in such a short time.

haha oh god, I used to dread the K10D at anything above 400!

[bricat]

Shoot!!!!

[achee]

Ahhhhhhh........ *drool*

[kobeson]

Not a big fan of the NR on the truck image, but yeah it is pretty impressive.

[gbamber]

ROFL, yep that noise reduction filter shrunk the big truck :p

Have included SOOC shots. Simply resized for JPEG.

Yeh, see that's where I go really wrong, I don't do PP well at all, maybe I should "do a course or sumfink"

[fess67]

Yeh, see that's where I go really wrong, I don't do PP well at all, maybe I should "do a course or sumfink"

You should m8 you should. I get as much fun out of photoshop as I do out of taking the pictures.

Look up a guy called Nick Melodonis - he is in Freo. Award winning landscape photographer and he does a couple of good short courses over weekends. Well worth the money and I would advise doing the intermediate one as well.

[41jas]

OK...This is on my wish list....It's one camera I WILL own one day.....but it has to wait but when I'm ready I'm sure there will be a better model out by then :)

So... no regrets???