Amazed at Performance of D6

[MikeMcA²]

Not at all the greatest cardinal image I've shot, but I am amazed at the detail in an images captured at ISO 12,800.

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[Butlerkid]

Agree about the level of noise in a D6. But a LOT of credit for the fine feather details also goes to shooting a 400mm/f2.8!!!!!! And maybe a bit to the photographer, too!

 

[andreasb]

Topaz?

 

[gchappel]

I’m an old fart that started shooting color film with an asa of 10, then 25, then 64.
Thinking about iso 12800 makes my head hurt. That is about 10 stops!! 1000 times as fast. Amazing.
It is a great time to be a photographer. Especially using really nice high end equipment.
Gary

 

[MikeMcA²]

Topaz?

Just learning how to navigate DxO PhotoLab 4 & Deep Prime.

 

[MikeMcA²]

I’m an old fart that started shooting color film with an asa of 10, then 25, then 64.
Thinking about iso 12800 makes my head hurt. That is about 10 stops!! 1000 times as fast. Amazing.
It is a great time to be a photographer. Especially using really nice high end equipment.
Gary

Right? I'm an old fart that learned photography in the Army, where the Counterintelligence and 7th Group folks taught me how to push ASA 400 Tri X Pan to 1600 in order to image suspects or things we wanted to target. ISO 12,800 and a clear image is like witchery. It's cheating. And I love it.

 

[Louis Champan]

Terrific work, did you use Topaz as a DeNoise program?

 

[Boblou]

Wow, amazing details for this high iso level.
Color rendition is surprisingly good.
Cudo.

 

[MikeMcA²]

Terrific work, did you use Topaz as a DeNoise program?

Thanks! I used DxO PhotoLab 4 & Deep Prime to clean it up and then Lightroom for some tweaks and cropping.

Wow, amazing details for this high iso level.
Color rendition is surprisingly good.
Cudo.

Thanks Bob. I was really surprised.

 

[Lance B]

Impressive indeed!

 

[Bohdan]

You will be surprised at what the D6 can do at high iso, with a little help from DXO 4 Prime I've had clean images at 50-60,000 iso. Very usuable

 

[acnomad]

Very impressive. Thanks for sharing.