5dIII vs. D800 - just one nagging question

[freelanceshots]

I am finding these results to be a stretch. I don't see noise like this at all in my 5D2 images and they are shot in the more extreme circumstances as far as dark areas can get and noise issues. Better yet its under the dreaded tungsten lighting here which makes images go poopy quickly. Image below captured with tripod, shutter 0.8, f/11, ISO 200, RAW file converted to JPEG for web at 90%. Crops are from the areas in Red. If the circumstance in ducussion involve taking this image and bumping it up in brightness by 2 stop from its RAW file I'd say that I've never come close to needing to do that at any time during my whole professional career. Maybe I'm not understanding this correctly as I'm not one of the brainy folks here. I have total trust in a 5DII and better yet a 5DIII. Most of the big companies I know have 5D2's and have no future wishes to jump over to nikon because its a non issue.







A finished image

[Daniel Browning]

I don't see noise like this at all in my 5D2 images and they are shot in the more extreme circumstances as far as dark areas can get and noise issues.

Personally, I don't consider these to be "extreme circumstances." For example, print film can achieve over 7 stops of highlight headroom (over middle gray). If you tried to do the same thing with the 5D2, you'd run into those noise problem.s But I don't think that means film photographers are/were extreme.

In any case, I'm glad that the capability of the 5D2 is enough for your needs.

[freelanceshots]

Long shutter speeds 8 seconds at ISO 250 in a dark room with a bright window with directional light and a white bedspread not difficult/extreme for a dig camera sensor? Try taking a wedding photo of the bride & groom with their white and black clothes standing infront of and off to the side of the window and without the use of strobes or a flash. Big difference between the black shadows/dark colors and the super blown out window.

Images that I shot last night. I don't see any downfalls using the 5D2 sensor where the 5D3 would have been even better from what I've heard people describe. Top image had shutter speeds reaching the 5 minute mark at ISO 50. Interior image used 1/5, 1/13 and 0.5 second shutters at ISO 640. I say you can nick pick anything to death where the time wasted could be better used doing something else. If my camera's images exhibited the detail and quality of Fred's test image then I would have dumped my 5D2 three years ago. Its all about how you choose to use your tool. Fred does have nice landscape photos so I'm not going to discredit him. Each camera has its weaker points but this signal to noise ratio aspect in respect to pushing the range of stops is not really that apparent unless you are trying to be unrealistic. That's all I'm saying.



pull this up from flickr to view larger: http://www.flickr.com/photos/freelan...ream/lightbox/