This is part of a series of posts about the Nikon D5. The series starts here. In the previous post we looks at short-exposure, dark-field histograms from the Nikon D5 at low (ish) ISOs. Now we’ll look at the higher ISOs. At ISO 2500, the histogram tightens up again. ISO 3200 has the same input-referred… [Read More]
Archives for March 29, 2016
Nikon D5 — dark field histograms at low ISO settings
This is one in a series of posts about the Nikon D5. The series starts here. Now we’re going to look at the histograms of a 200×200 pixel central patch in a series of dark field images made with the D5 at various ISO settings. Because the noise behavior in the preceding post was so interesting… [Read More]
Nikon D5 — read noise vs ISO setting
I got my hands on a Nikon D5 today, and I’ll be reporting on how well it tests out over the next week or two. The first thing I do when I get a new camera is test for read noise by making a series of dark field exposures. Without removing the body cap, I… [Read More]