So I got this D3 for low light work. I could care less about shooting it in regular decent light (although it has to do that also.) ... most of those times I prefer the MF solution I'm addicted to anyway.
So I walked about the house early while it was pretty dark doing grab shots, D3 set on ISO 12,800. chuckling to myself on how absurd that was ... ridiculous actually...
until I took some shots.
The LCD images looked like it wasn't even dark in the room.
Did some at 6400 and 4000 also. What was most important was how these images look printed ... not just on screen. A vast majority of the candid, available light wedding work I do is printed 7X10, so that's the acid test for a candid shot DSLR for me.
All I can say is "are you kidding me?"
The ones of my little dog Schunffy sticking her tongue out to express her interest in me photographing her, and her curled up ignoring me were shot @ 12,800 ... 1/250th @ f/5.6 in a darkened room for crying out loud. Same for the Pillows shot ... I mean the room was dark.
The Apples and Pears in a box was ISO 4000 ... which looks more like 800 or 1000 on other cameras.
Not to mention that I just got this sucker yesterday and am just learning how to work with these files.
So I walked about the house early while it was pretty dark doing grab shots, D3 set on ISO 12,800. chuckling to myself on how absurd that was ... ridiculous actually...
until I took some shots.
The LCD images looked like it wasn't even dark in the room.
Did some at 6400 and 4000 also. What was most important was how these images look printed ... not just on screen. A vast majority of the candid, available light wedding work I do is printed 7X10, so that's the acid test for a candid shot DSLR for me.
All I can say is "are you kidding me?"
The ones of my little dog Schunffy sticking her tongue out to express her interest in me photographing her, and her curled up ignoring me were shot @ 12,800 ... 1/250th @ f/5.6 in a darkened room for crying out loud. Same for the Pillows shot ... I mean the room was dark.
The Apples and Pears in a box was ISO 4000 ... which looks more like 800 or 1000 on other cameras.
Not to mention that I just got this sucker yesterday and am just learning how to work with these files.
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