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Whitetail Deer ISO Test

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Jaime Johnson

New member
http://jaimejohnson.zenfolio.com/

This was an experiment – I shot this photo on:

ISO 3,200
1/160
F5.6

Canon 1D Mark IV / Canon 500mm f4 L

p853727218-4.jpg
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Jaime,

It's pretty amazing to be able to routinely use 3200 ISO and get such a picture. I love the color of the deer. I have to check the color of the grass on a profiled monitor but my internet connection there is broken. In an iMac, the grass seems over-saturated.

What processing did you go through and what would did the 1/40th at ~ 800 ISO image look like? This seems to show the advantage of the modern sensors and the efficiency of light gathering of the micro lenses.

Do you find that the 3200 with the 1D Mark IV is any improvement on the Mark III? When Canon uses backlit CMOS designs for its DSLRs, I wonder if they can do even better?

Asher
 
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Don Cohen

Guest
I really like the basic image itself quite a bit - well done.

As for the technicals:

White Balance looks a bit on the 'cool' side. I find that Canon tends to exhibit this under cloudy or low light conditions.

Regarding noise, it does look quite good as displayed, but I'd be interested in seeing one 1:1 crops, to really get a feel for the actual noise. As you know, when you downsample the image for web presentation, much of the noise disappears, so it ends up looking better than expected on the web.

That said, on my 1DMk2, I'm reluctant to go to ISO 3200, although I will if I have to. That's another reason I'd like to see a 1:1 crop, to get a feel for how much improvement they've made on the Mk4.
 
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Jaime Johnson

New member
You know, I never drreamed the results could be this good - I rarely used 3200 withthe MKIII.

If I shoot ISO 800, the shutter speed is really slow and all I get is motion from the deer.

In the 1:1 - there is defenitely noise.. but it amazes me that I can still get some images I otherwise would have to pass on.

We're headed out for a 12 mile float on the Blackfoot river in a few minutes - I'll get the 1:1 sample posted tonight -

J-
 
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