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Some exmples of blown highlights OM-D e_M1 mkii 12800 iso

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karlreed said:
zuikowesty said:
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Ulric said:
The highlights seem to recover pretty well. Shadows are another story. The dynamic range in this shot is more than the camera could handle at iso 12800.

Did you need to stop down to f/4, or was that for demonstration purposes? DR at these isos scales almost linearly with available light.

Also, there is little reason to shoot at iso 12800 if the plan is to process raw. I cap my E-M5 at 3200 and push as needed. It protects highlights with no noise penalty. I don't know what the practical cap would be for the E-M1 mk2.
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I am replying to Shawn Wright as well.

f4 is the largest aperture on the 12-100m..

I started this process about 8 weeks ago, and, expected to find the Om-D E-M1 KII + glass to be behind the D700+28-300mmVR.

Well, I got a number of shocks.

Here is one, and, few people have bothered to comment on it, but, its 6400,12800,25600 iso of a D750 vs the Om-D E-M1 MKii https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/59088838

The interesting bit is that the E-M1 KII shots went through OV3.. LR6.8 messed them up.

Various sharpness tests with the 40-150mm2.8 and the 12-100mmf4 also matched pr bettered the Nikon combos.

I will have a D700 again next week, and will repeat the highlight scene, and let you know.
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karlreed said:
Ulric said:
The highlights seem to recover pretty well. Shadows are another story. The dynamic range in this shot is more than the camera could handle at iso 12800.

Did you need to stop down to f/4, or was that for demonstration purposes? DR at these isos scales almost linearly with available light.

Also, there is little reason to shoot at iso 12800 if the plan is to process raw. I cap my E-M5 at 3200 and push as needed. It protects highlights with no noise penalty. I don't know what the practical cap would be for the E-M1 mk2.
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I am replying to Shawn Wright as well.

f4 is the largest aperture on the 12-100m..

I started this process about 8 weeks ago, and, expected to find the Om-D E-M1 KII + glass to be behind the D700+28-300mmVR.

Well, I got a number of shocks.

Here is one, and, few people have bothered to comment on it, but, its 6400,12800,25600 iso of a D750 vs the Om-D E-M1 MKii https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/59088838

The interesting bit is that the E-M1 KII shots went through OV3.. LR6.8 messed them up.

Various sharpness tests with the 40-150mm2.8 and the 12-100mmf4 also matched pr bettered the Nikon combos.

I will have a D700 again next week, and will repeat the highlight scene, and let you know.
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zuikowesty said:
Thanks for the reply. I had not seen the original thread, so now understand what you're trying to do. I think the noise handling in the Mk2 is pretty decent compared to the D750, but the colour not so much. The greens quickly lose depth and turn to mush, and even the 25600 D750 image appears to have more colour in the greens than the Mk2 does at ISO6400. This could be due to the D750 images being taken at a different time, and they do seem brighter, and WB is certainly warmer on the Oly (which if anything should help the greens).

This is consistent with one of my problems with my E-M5: lack of accurate detail in greens, both in shadows and highlights. I always struggle to get a realistic rendition that captures the scene accurately.
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karlreed said:
zuikowesty said:
karlreed said:
I am replying to Shawn Wright as well.

f4 is the largest aperture on the 12-100m..

I started this process about 8 weeks ago, and, expected to find the Om-D E-M1 KII + glass to be behind the D700+28-300mmVR.

Well, I got a number of shocks.

Here is one, and, few people have bothered to comment on it, but, its 6400,12800,25600 iso of a D750 vs the Om-D E-M1 MKii https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/59088838

The interesting bit is that the E-M1 KII shots went through OV3.. LR6.8 messed them up.

Various sharpness tests with the 40-150mm2.8 and the 12-100mmf4 also matched pr bettered the Nikon combos.

I will have a D700 again next week, and will repeat the highlight scene, and let you know.

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karl reed
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Thanks for the reply. I had not seen the original thread, so now understand what you're trying to do. I think the noise handling in the Mk2 is pretty decent compared to the D750, but the colour not so much. The greens quickly lose depth and turn to mush, and even the 25600 D750 image appears to have more colour in the greens than the Mk2 does at ISO6400. This could be due to the D750 images being taken at a different time, and they do seem brighter, and WB is certainly warmer on the Oly (which if anything should help the greens).

This is consistent with one of my problems with my E-M5: lack of accurate detail in greens, both in shadows and highlights. I always struggle to get a realistic rendition that captures the scene accurately.

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Shawn Wright
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zuikowesty
http://blog.corsequere.com
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Thanks Shawn..

I honestly didn't expect the Olympus to get that close. There seem to be some classes of Hi Iso shot that it handles brilliantly, and, others that it does not.

At some point I need to stop the testing and either go back to FF or press on.. I just wihs the decision was simpler..

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karl reed
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erichK said:
zuikowesty said:
Thanks for the reply. I had not seen the original thread, so now understand what you're trying to do. I think the noise handling in the Mk2 is pretty decent compared to the D750, but the colour not so much. The greens quickly lose depth and turn to mush, and even the 25600 D750 image appears to have more colour in the greens than the Mk2 does at ISO6400. This could be due to the D750 images being taken at a different time, and they do seem brighter, and WB is certainly warmer on the Oly (which if anything should help the greens).

This is consistent with one of my problems with my E-M5: lack of accurate detail in greens, both in shadows and highlights. I always struggle to get a realistic rendition that captures the scene accurately.
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