the last word

This is part of a series of posts about the Nikon D5. The series starts here. We’ve seen from the dark-field measurements and the modeling of the D5 that a photographer who wants to get the most out of the camera is going to be spending a lot more time changing the ISO setting than… [Read More]

This is part of a series of posts about the Nikon D5. The series starts here. I took all the data gathered under to protocol of the preceding post and told my model-making program to only look at the ISOs at the base of each of the D5 “sawteeth” (isoList = [100 200 400 640… [Read More]

This is part of a series of posts about the Nikon D5. The series starts here. I completed my first pass at modeling the Nikon D5.There’s a lot more to come, I’m sure. For this first run, I modeled the camera at each tested ISO independent of all the others, and ignored any suspicions that… [Read More]

This is part of a series of posts about the Nikon D5. The series starts here. I have read posts that say that the D5 has a self-heating problem, so I was curious to see what would happen when I subjected it to my usually self-heating test, which has proven to be stressful to Sony… [Read More]

This is part of a series of posts about the Nikon D5. The series starts here. In the previous three posts we looked at dark-field noise as a function of camera ISO setting in the Nikon D5. We now turn our attention to the way that dark-field noise varies with shutter speed. Here are results… [Read More]