Over on DPR, when I was talking about the noise tests on the D5 and Z7 that I posted the day before yesterday, I remarked that the camera sensitivities appeared to be different, referencing a study I did on the Z5, a7RIII, and D850 some time ago. In that post, I found the D5 to… [Read More]
Archives for January 2022
Nikon D5 and Z7 shadow noise under extreme conditions, default noise reduction
In the previous post, I compared the Nikon Z7 and D5 noise under extremely low light conditions. I turned of noise reduction for that series. Now I’ll show you a set of images with LrC default noise reduction. If you look at Bill Claff’s photographic dynamic range numbers, the D5 does better than the Z7… [Read More]
Nikon D5 and Z7 shadow noise under extreme conditions, repeated
In the previous post, I made a comparison of the Z7 and the D5 in extreme low light. I used AF-S, and the Z7 pictures weren’t a sharp as the D5 ones. So I’m repeating the test using manual focusing. If you look at Bill Claff’s photographic dynamic range numbers, the D5 does better than… [Read More]
Nikon D5 and Z7 shadow noise under extreme conditions
If you look at Bill Claff’s photographic dynamic range numbers, the D5 does better than the Z7 at extreme nosebleed ISO settings. There are some folks saying that’s not the case in the real world. I called my bookcase into service: Test protocol: RRS legs, C1 head Sigma 35/1.4 Art lens, directly attached to D5… [Read More]
Fuji 35-70 GF transfocal bokeh
There are two important aspects to bokeh. It seems most people, when they hear the word, think immediately of the look of parts of the scene that are for out of focus. That’s a good thing to think about when buying, selecting, or using a lens, but the, ahem, focus, of today’s post is going… [Read More]