DX to FX?

[hamlet]

DX is great and the extra reach is awesome at times. But yes, FX will spoil you, especially in lower light, etc....
I can finally shoot indoor basketball at ISO 3200 and even 6400, when needed.

Yeah, my d3200 just falls apart at those iso ranges. I'm definitely looking forward to upgrading to either: a d750 or a d7200.

 

[elementgs]

I know a few of you guys don't like to click links but I wanted to demonstrate the iso range a bit without compressing the images or altering them in any way.

You'll just have to trust me I guess.....

No sharpening or luminance applied, low light environment with a single light from above and a bit of ambient light in the room. 200mm @ f2.8. Shot RAW, compressed lossless, 14bit. Very minimal editing on these.

http://www.element.gs/Working/DSC_0465-2.jpg - 100 ISO
http://www.element.gs/Working/DSC_0464-2.jpg - 10,000 ISO

Same shots with 20 luminance applied, still no sharpening.

http://www.element.gs/Working/DSC_0465.jpg - 100 ISO
http://www.element.gs/Working/DSC_0464.jpg - 10,000 ISO.

 

[sifelaver]

What do you mean by luminance? The brightness setting in camera?

I know a few of you guys don't like to click links but I wanted to demonstrate the iso range a bit without compressing the images or altering them in any way. You'll just have to trust me I guess..... No sharpening or luminance applied, low light environment with a single light from above and a bit of ambient light in the room. 200mm @ f2.8. Shot RAW, compressed lossless, 14bit. Very minimal editing on these. http://www.element.gs/Working/DSC_0465-2.jpg - 100 ISO http://www.element.gs/Working/DSC_0464-2.jpg - 10,000 ISO Same shots with 20 luminance applied, still no sharpening. http://www.element.gs/Working/DSC_0465.jpg - 100 ISO http://www.element.gs/Working/DSC_0464.jpg - 10,000 ISO.

 

[Ido]

What do you mean by luminance? The brightness setting in camera?

Most likely, luminance noise reduction.

 

[wezza13]

What do you mean by luminance? The brightness setting in camera?

I know a few of you guys don't like to click links but I wanted to demonstrate the iso range a bit without compressing the images or altering them in any way. You'll just have to trust me I guess..... No sharpening or luminance applied, low light environment with a single light from above and a bit of ambient light in the room. 200mm @ f2.8. Shot RAW, compressed lossless, 14bit. Very minimal editing on these. http://www.element.gs/Working/DSC_0465-2.jpg - 100 ISO http://www.element.gs/Working/DSC_0464-2.jpg - 10,000 ISO Same shots with 20 luminance applied, still no sharpening. http://www.element.gs/Working/DSC_0465.jpg - 100 ISO http://www.element.gs/Working/DSC_0464.jpg - 10,000 ISO.

I think he means 20 Luminance applied in Lightroom.

 

[astroNikon]

I know a few of you guys don't like to click links but I wanted to demonstrate the iso range a bit without compressing the images or altering them in any way.

You'll just have to trust me I guess.....

No sharpening or luminance applied, low light environment with a single light from above and a bit of ambient light in the room. 200mm @ f2.8. Shot RAW, compressed lossless, 14bit. Very minimal editing on these.

http://www.element.gs/Working/DSC_0465-2.jpg - 100 ISO
http://www.element.gs/Working/DSC_0464-2.jpg - 10,000 ISO

Same shots with 20 luminance applied, still no sharpening.

http://www.element.gs/Working/DSC_0465.jpg - 100 ISO
http://www.element.gs/Working/DSC_0464.jpg - 10,000 ISO.

I did some tests a couple months back of my d600 vs d7000 in low light. It was astounding - 2 stop difference basically.
And doing planetary photography the d600 photographs objects that the d7000 just can't.

 

[Solarflare]

Sooooo I just ordered the Nikon D810 and the f2.8 trinity of lenses.

Okay, and now I have HUGE gear envy !

Nah, not really.

Is it going to be completely Greek to me?

For me, the amount of failures, i.e. bad focus, went up.

Permanently.

Thats because so often the focus point is out of the AF field on my D600, and theres just too many focus points to hand select the correct one anymore. I hope the D750 I'm going to get will fix that.

I did some tests a couple months back of my d600 vs d7000 in low light. It was astounding - 2 stop difference basically.

Thats my experience as well.

Otherwise not much difference in color depth and dynamic range, though.

 

[astroNikon]

I know a few of you guys don't like to click links but I wanted to demonstrate the iso range a bit without compressing the images or altering them in any way.

you want ISO .. here's ISO
cropped 1 bizillion ... to get Uranus (in the lower left) which was just a dot in the photo. yup, a bit noisy but hey, It's a planet that is 1.7 billion miles away (more or less).
70-300VRII @ 300mm / f/5.6 / 0.6 sec / ISO 25,600
Neptune by stevesklar, on Flickr