Insanely impressive performance of D850 in low light and high ISO

Old Greenlander said:

I did that safary may years ago

There is no artificial light and it is in a jungle setting

Practically, is impossible to see the animals with naked eye, this is how dark it is

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kennebunk larry said:

I found it hard to believe when looking at the detail the D850 captured in extreme low light conditions of 1 ev - 5 ev with ISO's between 32K and 51K using fine jpeg. The photos taken by a Singapore photographer of a Fisher cat (apparently called a "Fishing cat in that country) are amazing using Nikon's 80-400mm lens at f5.6 while hand-held. All the details and photos are in this article which is a must see and read!

https://www.mentorgraphy.com/single-post/2017/10/21/Nikon-D850---Extreme-Low-Light-Challenge

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Ed_C said:

kennebunk larry said:

I found it hard to believe when looking at the detail the D850 captured in extreme low light conditions of 1 ev - 5 ev with ISO's between 32K and 51K using fine jpeg. The photos taken by a Singapore photographer of a Fisher cat (apparently called a "Fishing cat in that country) are amazing using Nikon's 80-400mm lens at f5.6 while hand-held. All the details and photos are in this article which is a must see and read!

https://www.mentorgraphy.com/single-post/2017/10/21/Nikon-D850---Extreme-Low-Light-Challenge

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Now waiting for the usual suspects to show up and try to throw shade on your enthusiasm, explianing why it isn't impressive to them as well as how it's not better than (insert camera model here).

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kennebunk larry said:

I found it hard to believe when looking at the detail the D850 captured in extreme low light conditions of 1 ev - 5 ev with ISO's between 32K and 51K using fine jpeg. The photos taken by a Singapore photographer of a Fisher cat (apparently called a "Fishing cat in that country) are amazing using Nikon's 80-400mm lens at f5.6 while hand-held. All the details and photos are in this article which is a must see and read!

https://www.mentorgraphy.com/single-post/2017/10/21/Nikon-D850---Extreme-Low-Light-Challenge

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ISOhappy said:

Interesting, but I bet none of those were cropped much, and most of the images he posted on that page were like 400x600. I'd have to see the same shots taken with another camera to make any kind of judgment. Without a basis for comparison, it doesn't mean much.

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kennebunk larry said:

Ed_C said:

kennebunk larry said:

I found it hard to believe when looking at the detail the D850 captured in extreme low light conditions of 1 ev - 5 ev with ISO's between 32K and 51K using fine jpeg. The photos taken by a Singapore photographer of a Fisher cat (apparently called a "Fishing cat in that country) are amazing using Nikon's 80-400mm lens at f5.6 while hand-held. All the details and photos are in this article which is a must see and read!

https://www.mentorgraphy.com/single-post/2017/10/21/Nikon-D850---Extreme-Low-Light-Challenge

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Now waiting for the usual suspects to show up and try to throw shade on your enthusiasm, explianing why it isn't impressive to them as well as how it's not better than (insert camera model here).

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kennebunk larry said:

Ed_C said:

kennebunk larry said:

I found it hard to believe when looking at the detail the D850 captured in extreme low light conditions of 1 ev - 5 ev with ISO's between 32K and 51K using fine jpeg. The photos taken by a Singapore photographer of a Fisher cat (apparently called a "Fishing cat in that country) are amazing using Nikon's 80-400mm lens at f5.6 while hand-held. All the details and photos are in this article which is a must see and read!

https://www.mentorgraphy.com/single-post/2017/10/21/Nikon-D850---Extreme-Low-Light-Challenge

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Now waiting for the usual suspects to show up and try to throw shade on your enthusiasm, explianing why it isn't impressive to them as well as how it's not better than (insert camera model here).

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kennebunk larry said:

There is a lot of good stuff on this photographers website worth reading. His name is Andrew Tan. So far, besides the low light write-up, I read his experience with the D850 focus shift function and shooting the Milky Way.

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sts2 said:

kennebunk larry said:

Ed_C said:

kennebunk larry said:

I found it hard to believe when looking at the detail the D850 captured in extreme low light conditions of 1 ev - 5 ev with ISO's between 32K and 51K using fine jpeg. The photos taken by a Singapore photographer of a Fisher cat (apparently called a "Fishing cat in that country) are amazing using Nikon's 80-400mm lens at f5.6 while hand-held. All the details and photos are in this article which is a must see and read!

https://www.mentorgraphy.com/single-post/2017/10/21/Nikon-D850---Extreme-Low-Light-Challenge

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Now waiting for the usual suspects to show up and try to throw shade on your enthusiasm, explianing why it isn't impressive to them as well as how it's not better than (insert camera model here).

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wildlifr said:

sts2 said:

kennebunk larry said:

Ed_C said:

kennebunk larry said:

I found it hard to believe when looking at the detail the D850 captured in extreme low light conditions of 1 ev - 5 ev with ISO's between 32K and 51K using fine jpeg. The photos taken by a Singapore photographer of a Fisher cat (apparently called a "Fishing cat in that country) are amazing using Nikon's 80-400mm lens at f5.6 while hand-held. All the details and photos are in this article which is a must see and read!

https://www.mentorgraphy.com/single-post/2017/10/21/Nikon-D850---Extreme-Low-Light-Challenge

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Now waiting for the usual suspects to show up and try to throw shade on your enthusiasm, explianing why it isn't impressive to them as well as how it's not better than (insert camera model here).

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ISOhappy said:

Interesting, but I bet none of those were cropped much, and most of the images he posted on that page were like 400x600. I'd have to see the same shots taken with another camera to make any kind of judgment. Without a basis for comparison, it doesn't mean much.

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It does. Based on the exposure settings he shared (f/5.6, ISO 40.000, 1/20th (!!!) of a second) you can deduct that this is absolutely silly dark... pitch-black even... it's amazing he even managed to get accurate focus on his subject in that kind of darkness.

Of course these are downsized without cropping (he does share 200% crops in his post though). If you were to view this without NR and at 100% full screen you'd probably see a ton of noise.

But that's not the point. The point is apparently you can make pictures in total darkness which are (after processing) ridiculously sharp, noise-free, still have contrast and some colour in them, so at the end of the day: perfectly usable.

I have a very hard time replicating these kind of results, so I'm in awe of this (assuming they are real).

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kennebunk larry said:

I found it hard to believe when looking at the detail the D850 captured in extreme low light conditions of 1 ev - 5 ev with ISO's between 32K and 51K using fine jpeg. The photos taken by a Singapore photographer of a Fisher cat (apparently called a "Fishing cat in that country) are amazing using Nikon's 80-400mm lens at f5.6 while hand-held. All the details and photos are in this article which is a must see and read!

https://www.mentorgraphy.com/single-post/2017/10/21/Nikon-D850---Extreme-Low-Light-Challenge

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