sh0wtime
Veteran
- Location
- Surrey/Hants border UK
- Name
- Adam.
OK generally i shoot in decent light at low ISO, occasionally i will boost ISO a bit for a fast shutter speed if needed.
Anyway i was fiddling around in my bedroom last night & it was pretty dark in there, curtains closed just before dusk.
I had my D4 & D810 out & i thought hey lets see how they are in poor light...
So the D810 - really slow to get focus, had to try a few times (it was dark though, darker than you would normally shoot in) took a couple of test shots at ISO12,800 & they were noisy as hell, smudged & horrible.
Tried the D4 in the same conditions - focus much more consistant even without a helping light, locked on straight away 8 or 9 times out of 10 & the images at 12,800 were obviously a bit noisy but in comparison to the D810 were surprisingly clear with pretty good detail. if i had a battery charged i would have tried a comparison with the old D3 as well (although i think that the ancient technology would ultimately disappoint).
Very surprised with what the D4 could do in poor light & it will certainly give me more confidence in it for future use.
I kinda lost the love for it when it was back fucussing quite badly & it sat in a bag for 2 years, finally got round to sending it back to Nikon last year & got it back just before christmas, only now getting around to a few test shots with it. Seems better, will need to do a bit more to know for sure.....
Anyway i was fiddling around in my bedroom last night & it was pretty dark in there, curtains closed just before dusk.
I had my D4 & D810 out & i thought hey lets see how they are in poor light...
So the D810 - really slow to get focus, had to try a few times (it was dark though, darker than you would normally shoot in) took a couple of test shots at ISO12,800 & they were noisy as hell, smudged & horrible.
Tried the D4 in the same conditions - focus much more consistant even without a helping light, locked on straight away 8 or 9 times out of 10 & the images at 12,800 were obviously a bit noisy but in comparison to the D810 were surprisingly clear with pretty good detail. if i had a battery charged i would have tried a comparison with the old D3 as well (although i think that the ancient technology would ultimately disappoint).
Very surprised with what the D4 could do in poor light & it will certainly give me more confidence in it for future use.
I kinda lost the love for it when it was back fucussing quite badly & it sat in a bag for 2 years, finally got round to sending it back to Nikon last year & got it back just before christmas, only now getting around to a few test shots with it. Seems better, will need to do a bit more to know for sure.....