Looks very impressive, red, green and yellow colour noise looks very much improved and the grain looks finer overall, would love to try one under floodlights for a real test of the ISO abilitiesMy D4S arrived today... haven't got the time (or, to be honest, the inclination!) to do much of a test at the moment but if anyone's interested here's a quick shot at ISO 25600... no NR jiggery pokery or anything:
High Res JPEG HERE
Wow - I'd use that without even thinking!
If you get a chance, is it possible you could share a RAW of the 409,600??
I'd love to see if it was at all useable...
That looks good Keith.
Kev.
Really cant see that being of use to anyone Joe, ive papped for a short time and even in badly lit cellars ive never needed to go beyond 12,800 on the D3S, it might be useful if you were shooting the Olympic 100mts final in a cave and needed a high shutter speed.That ISO 409,600 looks pretty impressive as its the only camera can get to that ISO. For paparazzi photographers It will be heaven!
Really cant see that being of use to anyone Joe, ive papped for a short time and even in badly lit cellars ive never needed to go beyond 12,800 on the D3S, it might be useful if you were shooting the Olympic 100mts final in a cave and needed a high shutter speed.
Yeah... I'm impressed! I've just spoiled it by posting the HI4 though!
That ISO 409,600 looks pretty impressive as its the only camera can get to that ISO. For paparazzi photographers It will be heaven!
Even in those dark unlit street situations Joe, ISO 12800 is way more than enough, you just drop your shutter speed.I was thinking along the lines of these celebrity paparazzi photographers that catch people of guard at night, Using the high ISO mite benefit there, but for any other photography I agree it will not be nessassary
Don't know about that Gary...Even in those dark unlit street situations Joe, ISO 12800 is way more than enough, you just drop your shutter speed.
But snapping a celebrity snogging in a darkly lit doorway wont need a shutter speed of 1/1000th Phil, drop the shutter to drop the ISO, Celebs simply arent doing anything which requires fast shutter speeds like 1/1000th and as Mike says, if youre close enough then use Flash which is even better for the ISODon't know about that Gary...
Indoor kickboxing at f1.8 and I'm still on 1/1000 at 12,800...a stop less on the shutter of where I ideally need to be and at least a stop of aperture.
Absolutely agree....just saying that for me at least, 12,800 is still a long way off where I need to be.But snapping a celebrity snogging in a darkly lit doorway wont need a shutter speed of 1/1000th Phil, drop the shutter to drop the ISO, Celebs simply arent doing anything which requires fast shutter speeds like 1/1000th and as Mike says, if youre close enough then use Flash which is even better for the ISO
LOL, for a lot of us im afraid mate.Looked at a D4s on wex last night...Unfortunately that's as far as it will get for me
Sounds ideal for Birds in Flight, all I need is to find one in stock somewhere nowJust been having a play with the 'Group-area AF'... Seems simple and effective. Works just like the Single-point AF except you get a group of four focus points to move around instead of just one. According to the manual:
'...reduces the risk of the camera focusing on the background instead of the main subject. Choose for subjects that are difficult to photograph using a single focus point. If faces are detected in AF-S focus mode, the camera will give priority to portrait subjects'.
You can also opt to have the four points illuminated as tiny dots instead of squares so they're less distracting... nice touch. Time will tell if it's going to be of any practical use I guess.
....what about the green cast on the review screen has that been put right?
Has the D4s got the illuminated buttons on the rear like the D4?
Enjoy!!Got mine yesterday. Looking forward to finding time today to have a play.
Kev.
Post #64Has it still got the green cast on the review screen? :nailbiting:
Yeah... As Mike said, that 'issue' as far as I know is long gone... but there's now a 'Monitor Color (sic) Balance' adjustment for the terminally anal!Post #64
Anemic, really http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/kids-under-floodlights.531289/I find the D3s images to be rather anaemic at hight ISO.
Moose Petersons real world low light field test of the D4s http://www.moosepeterson.com/blog/2014/03/08/d4s-1st-field-shoot/ looking pretty good to me.
Yup, fairly static subject and ISO 3200 with an f/5.6 lens is hardly low light shooting, thats like ISO 800 with an f/2.8 lensas good as he is they aren't a good showcase for what this camera can do in low light.