Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
I spotted this gecko sitting beside me on the floor last night and just happened to have the D4 nearby albeit with the rather slow 24-120 f4 G series zoom fitted. The light was pretty low so I cranked the ISO up to 12800 to take a quick pic and even at that ISO the shutter speed was 1/20 so it was fairly gloomy ... noticeably the AF still instantly snapped into perfect focus despite the gloom and low contrast.
This is virtually what came out of the camera aside form a slight adjustment to contrast and exposure in LR ... no noise reduction at all and just a little sharpening. These high end DSLRs really are remarkable ... but I guess we knew that! The D4 has one hell of a sensor!
This is virtually what came out of the camera aside form a slight adjustment to contrast and exposure in LR ... no noise reduction at all and just a little sharpening. These high end DSLRs really are remarkable ... but I guess we knew that! The D4 has one hell of a sensor!
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
WOW...with that camera I wouldn't have to use flash ever again...or at least not at full power...
I would love to get either the Df or D3x as a next body but that won't be happening for a few years...financially...emotionally, I'm ready now...
How does it look if you just crop for the gecko...???
I would love to get either the Df or D3x as a next body but that won't be happening for a few years...financially...emotionally, I'm ready now...
How does it look if you just crop for the gecko...???
lynnb
Veteran
very impressive, Keith.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
The image I uploaded to facebook was a fairly heavy crop and still looked very good ... more than acceptable! They really are a remarkable camera even though they are a substantial lump.
JOCO34
Established
I have a DF with the D4 sensor and it is a remarkable camera. Still like my leicas though for thoughtful creative flow but if you absolutly have to get a job done in differcult lighting or weather condtions there are none better except for maybe a D5.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Actually, for those interested here's a crop of that image ... still with no noise reduction applied.
Timmyjoe
Veteran
Very nice Keith. The D4 is one heck of a camera, and a lump. Hard to beat that High ISO.
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
That's amazing...thanks for the super crop...
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Looks better than the ISO400 on my EOS 10D...
Ronald M
Veteran
D750 is better than Df.
raid
Dad Photographer
Brian got such a camera for its high ISO performance. He showed me in a room with low lights how well his Nikon worked.
KEH
Well-known
That sensor is the king. Here is a young male lion in near-darkness with the D4s at ISO 12800:
https://kirkh.smugmug.com/Nature/Kaingo-Mwamba-09-2015/i-5fH3F89/A
I have just bought the D500 for my wildlife work and it seems to be pretty close to this quality at ISO12800 - maybe a bit more luminance noise, which is not a deal-breaker for most photos.
Glad to see you are still enjoying the D4, Keith.
Cheers,
Kirk
https://kirkh.smugmug.com/Nature/Kaingo-Mwamba-09-2015/i-5fH3F89/A
I have just bought the D500 for my wildlife work and it seems to be pretty close to this quality at ISO12800 - maybe a bit more luminance noise, which is not a deal-breaker for most photos.
Glad to see you are still enjoying the D4, Keith.
Cheers,
Kirk
css9450
Veteran
High ISO is not my usual wheelhouse so I'm not even sure if this is good or not: (I'm usually an ISO 100 or 200 guy) But at least it gave me a shutter speed of 1/320 at f2.8. This is 12800 on the D750.
