High ISO M9/E

douglasf13 said:
Judging high ISO between cameras is difficult unless you shoot them in the same light/identical scene. I could probably make the M9 look cleaner at ISO 1600 than the D3, if I shot the M9 outside and the D3 in a closet.
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Ain't it the truth. Here is my daughter at ISO 1600:

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Richard G said:
Very good control of that ISO Luuca. Nice shot too.
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thanks, the m9 cdd is not as malleable as modern c-mos, but if you expose properly (not to the right nor to the left...) and pay attention to the WB, you can get usable shots even at 2500

having said that, I rarely need to push the camera over 800.
 
since you have gotten the M9, time to enjoy it. look ahead. most of the time u won't shoot more than iso 800, unless it's a super low light location :)

I sold my D700 to fund for my purchase of the M9P, no regrets. so far im enjoying my photos from the M9P. :D


Fishing Cat by stitchohana, on Flickr
 
a more critical situation:

1/12 iso 2500 f2 M9, lr4
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crop1 of focused zone (well... a little blurred...)
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crop of OOF zone
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hope it could help
 
I notice many of the shots with banding or that are too noisy look like they had exposure brought up a stop or even more, which significantly make noise worse.

I've taken a few using 1600 and 2500 exposing properly and it's quite good actually, at least to my taste. also, usually when I bump exposure up I keep 1 stop as max but then adjust blacks, contrast and white balance so that the outcome is more pleasing to the eye.

1250:

M9 @ iso1250 by Marcelo Colmenero, on Flickr

2500:

M9 @ iso2500 by Marcelo Colmenero, on Flickr

great IQ at 640...

testing 1 2 3 by Marcelo Colmenero, on Flickr
 
Wow you guys are getting good results. Agree about needing the exposure and not raising it in LR too much. My Monochrom GAS is almost gone.
 
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