5D3 ISO test

[Muscat]

To see how well the 5D3 handles different ISO settings I wanted something that was in my control to test withso out came the 2 lights and one of my wife's flowers. The flower was held infont of a simple black card and the lights set up with one in front to the right and the other to the left and lighting the stem and leaves. Nothing special but I hope it proves a point.

I set the camera up on a tripod using my 24-105 lens @ 75mm, the camera was in AV mode and set at f11. The only thing I changed was the ISO running a series of shots from 100 through to the end of the standard ISO range at 25600.

There has been no alterations to the file content other than converting to jpg and in some cases cropping to show the amount of noise.

The following images have been uploaded via photobucket so have probably lost some of their clarity but to say I am impressed is an understatement.

Full frame at ISO800


Full frame at ISO 3200


Full frame at ISO 12800


Crop of the centre from the ISO 12800 image


Full frame at ISO 25600


Same crop as above but from the ISO 25600 image


This post doesn't do the images justice I am seeing the same level of noise in the 12800 image on the 5D3 as I see on my old 50D at 800.

[colin C]

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Now that is what I am looking forward to.

Regardless of all the other innovations, welcome though they are, high ISO performance is what would help my shooting and a 2 stop improvement would be quite amazing and I would still be happy with 1 stop. From what you are experiencing, 4 stops are acheivable.

I'll hope for 2 and be prepared to be pleasantly surprised.

Colin

[oldcanon]

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have you had a chance to play with the latest version of DPP yet, if so, are there any significant improvements?)

[Muscat]

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have you had a chance to play with the latest version of DPP yet, if so, are there any significant improvements?)

I have not really played with it other than to convert to tiff so that I could load the images into Lightroom. As I don't typically use DPP I really wouldn't know what changes have been made, it looked on the surface to be very similar to me but I am sure others who use it more than me would be in a better position to answer this.

[Foggy]

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WOW !

[rajjayaraj]

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As you said impressive is understatement

[Les McLean]

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Gosh, that is impressive.

[John27]

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The ISO performance on these images is impressive, it looks like canon has discovered how to deal with low light, but nikon haven't caught up in canon's strength, video performance.

[Applefan]

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Very impressive Muscat, you must be really pleased with your new toy.

[collywobbles]

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Ditto most of the above. - Looks pretty amazing! Bet you're really chuffed.

[Muscat]

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Thanks guys, not been able to play with the toy today but from what I have seen I am very impressed and happy with the camera, all that I need to do is learn to use it fully and improve enough to do it justice

[Foggy]

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Thanks guys, not been able to play with the toy today but from what I have seen I am very impressed and happy with the camera, all that I need to do is learn to use it fully and improve enough to do it justice

The bloody nerve of the man !
Talks of justice and owns a 5D3 !
;)

Looking forward to seeing more pics mate :)

[JaKS_Foto]

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Absolutely superb, very impressive. I am going to sell my body to get a 5DIII !

(Could take a while though )