New D300s - Noise comparison updated!

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Hey Guys

Well I jumped ship and sold my D2x and plumbed the cash into a D300s.

Wow what a difference...

Especially in ISO performance, FPS, Write speed to cards, the focus aquisition is out of this world compared to the D2x

Having used a D2x for over a year from a D2h I didnt think there would be that much of a difference. I didnt want to go to the D3 as i dont want FX

Any one have any master tips from thier use of a D300/D300s?

Couple of ISO examples

First ISO 200 85mm

http://www.petercollinsphotography.com/d300iso200.jpg

Seconds ISO 3200 85mm -- One pass on NR but very impressed considering i was cautious of ISO 400 on the D2x!

http://www.petercollinsphotography.com/d300iso3200.jpg

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wow thats good...

ive just bought a d300s myself, only got it last weekend and havnt had a chance to use it properly yet...
 
Buttkicker said:
I hate seeing threads like this....;) The current batch of Nikons are exceptional for low noise and as 20yrs Canon user I am sure you Nikon guys love posting just to wind us Canon guys up LOL

I would like to see some high ISO images in poor light setups please
does look very good though
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hehe I will snap a few later when it gets dark ;)

I have never shot cannon and havent really compared the two, I have a collection of Nikon lenses that I love and couldnt imagine getting rid of them :)

But its a big improvement over my old D2x :D
 
Buttkicker said:
I hate seeing threads like this....;) The current batch of Nikons are exceptional for low noise and as 20yrs Canon user I am sure you Nikon guys love posting just to wind us Canon guys up LOL

I would like to see some high ISO images in poor light setups please
does look very good though
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Please don't buy into this myth - Peter has just bought a 300S which is a great camera and he's obviously going to see a difference, but when images are reduced to this size any noise problems largely disappear. You really need to see the images much larger and preferably at 1:1 size but it's usually a non issue at that size anyway.

This is at 3200 ISO with the 7d and the image just reduced in size - no processing other than a slight sharpen for the resize.

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This shot actually looks very good indeed at 1:1 as I'm sure Peter's do too, so don't go ditching your Canon just yet. ;)
 
CT said:
Please don't buy into this myth - Peter has just bought a 300S which is a great camera and he's obviously going to see a difference, but when images are reduced to this size any noise problems largely disappear. You really need to see the images much larger and preferably at 1:1 size but it's usually a non issue at that size anyway.

This is at 3200 ISO with the 7d and the image just reduced in size - no processing other than a slight sharpen for the resize.

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This shot actually looks very good indeed at 1:1 as I'm sure Peter's do too, so don't go ditching your Canon just yet. ;)
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I can see you're just trying to illustrate a point CT:thumbs:

But why photograph the contents of a skip to do so :thinking:





:D

DD
 
And just to add - CT of course makes a valid point - a 4000+ pixel image squeezed into 800 px is always going to hide loads of crap

But here's a funny too - I look at my images for sharpening etc. at 100% on my monitor and they often look a bit pants tbh - but printed at A3+ they are FAB; even the ones that look soft, grainy etc. And you'd be amazed at what ***** you can get away with once compressed into about 7x5" in an album :lol:

Pixel peeping distorts your view somewhat

DD
 
Ok guys here are some ISO comparison shots, not great light here they are, what do you think?

D300s
85mm F1.8 @ 1.8
The focus point was set to the control panels on the back of the flash and these are 100% crops

I have done nothing bar a small amount of sharpening and resizing

First up ISO 100

85mm @ F1.8 1/30s ISO 100

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85mm @ F1.8 1/250s ISO 800

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85mm @ F1.8 1/500s ISO 1600

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85mm @ F1.8 1/1000 ISO 3200

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85mm @ F1.8 1/2000 ISO 6400

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Have to say I have done some light NR on the 3200 shot (havent posted it) and it looks pretty good to be honest

Considering the bashing some people give the ISO performance of the D300s I actually think its not bad at all!
 
Nice examples there

And what many forget - at least as far as Wedding Photography goes - is that the images taken in the darker venues where crazy ISOs are needed as generally not used as either big prints nor as larger images in an album; as such they are all compressed anyway which hides the noise that's there

I have no problems with my D300 at 1,600 ISO after a bit of NR :)

DD
 
I can't see any problems there at all for most practical purposes. As DD says, for full or near full frame shots, noise is no real issue given even quite large printing or viewing sizes ( but less than 1:1).

Where noise can be a problem is with big crops where it becomes still visible even in images resized quite small for web viewing, but those are good results by any standard. :thumbs:
 
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