ISO 12800 samples from Nikon D3S

[Sanjin Jukic]

Absolutely fantastic!!!

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[Pawel Achtel]

Those are as noisy as 747-400 at take off.

 

[Gunleik Groven]

Those are as noisy as 747-400 at take off.

I always really wanted a Jumbo, though....

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Those are as noisy as 747-400 at take off.

If we would get a half of that (Boeing Jumbo) noise at ISO 6400 with Mystrium-X then for sure RED will be a winner over the competition.

But we still do not know anything about that.

It is a real wish only...

 

[Hans von Sonntag]

In motion this would be very noisy footage. Having real-world and noise-free 800 ASA plus 10 stops of usable DR would be a big improvement. I think this is doable for Epic-X.

Hans

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

In motion this would be very noisy footage. Having real-world and noise-free 800 ASA plus 10 stops of usable DR would be a big improvement. I think this is doable for Epic-X.

Hans

These DS3 samples are all about that to just "PUSH" RED Team to finally "squeeze" ISO 800 with 10 to 11 stops of usable DR (exposure latitude) from Mysterum- X.

I can feel that if M-X is not done with that specs we will not see any Epic/Scarlet soon.

All would be cleared at 30th of the month anyway.

 

[David Rasberry]

Seurat painted noisy images too. We could just call it digital pointillism. A whole new art form!:biggrinjester:

 

[Mitch Gross]

I gotta say, for ISO 12,800 I consider this pretty freakin' clean. Now if this were ISO 800 I'd expect it to be much cleaner, which I assume this camera is.

 

[Tom Lowe]

Some of those might actually work as 4K moving images. Definitely at 1080p.

 

[Eren Ozkural]

I'm sorry but that is stunning for ISO12800. I fully agree with Tom, some might work at 4K like the boxer (not the Yak though) and I'm sure they'd all be acceptable at 1080p.

I'm loathe to go above 640-800 on my D90 with a 50mm 1.4 Nikkor. Complaining about 12800 not being crystal clean is just...spoilt. For me at least

 

[Stefan Christou]

They all look very misty. In motion they would look ALIVE. But for 12,800 that's pretty insane.

 

[David Rasberry]

They all look very misty. In motion they would look ALIVE. But for 12,800 that's pretty insane.

The 720p motion clip of those nature shots looks pretty good. It is very misty. Very difficult to shoot video in those conditions without getting banding artifacts in the fog. the Nikon seems to handle the subtle greyscale differences very well.

 

[Bill Anderson]

Have you watched the accompanying "video"? the images Sanjin posted are from stills mode and not frame grabs.

 

[Dave Cooper]

For ISO 12,800 these are fantastic. Cheap ISO 800 film looks like this.

ISO 640: http://chsvimg.nikon.com/products/imaging/lineup/digitalcamera/slr/d3s/img/pic_005b.jpg

 

[David Rasberry]

Have you watched the accompanying "video"? the images Sanjin posted are from stills mode and not frame grabs.

Yes I did, on a good CRT. I think the mjpeg is better for greyscale than the H.264 mpeg of the Canon's.

 

[Bill Anderson]

For sure, David. My bad though, I posted that before seeing your post.

 

[Brent J. Craig]

They all look heavily de-noised. The animal shots have noticeable artifacts like you would get from smartblur, and the DJ shot is just soft everywhere.

They are impressive for 12K ISO, but they have had some help.

 

[Hank Devos]

I actually like the look of the noise generated by this sensor... it almost looks like film grain.. not like the usual digital noise.. perhaps cause the noise looks mono-chromatic to my eyes..

it certainly has an interesting feel. Stunning.

 

[J. Bernard Vallon]

If you finish in black and white the D3 makes beautiful prints at 6400 and above. Crush the blacks down a little and it looks clean as a whistle.

 

[Chuck Z]

I think the 12,800 ISO shots still have too much noise (and noise reduction applied).

The boxer shot, however, is definitely amazing. It looks like lightly grained film. That's a keeper to show off.