Nikon D5

[Brian]

Firstly........I know nothing about Nikons.

But, I was intrigued by the talk of 3 million ISO on the general chit chat forum and just couldn't believe it. First I Googled it and found a site that did indeed say it had a 3 million ISO. Still didn't believe it, so went to the Nikon site. This is still an impressive ISO but not 3 mil, unless you can bump it up in some way. But why would you need it that high?

 

Edited January 6, 2016 by Brian

[colinb]

BP is the man to answer but I have seen some really impressive low light /indoor sports photos full of depth and detail taken on a D4 the I can only dream of.

[Black Pearl]

First it does have an iso over 3 million - 3.280.000 to be exact but it is an extended iso not a standard one.

Why does it have this?
Well if you are trying to take a picture because you need to pay the mortgage next month then any help you can get it worth having.
Will the quality be good - no.
Will it give you one more tool when you are pushing the very boundaries of what is possible (the entire point of a flagship body) - yes.

I suspect for everyone here we don't need 3m ISO nor would we be happy with the output as we are hobbyist and our images are taken for fun but if you are in the middle of nowhere, its dark, you're cold, its raining and you need to get a shot no matter what then the D5 will be top of your wish list.

[colinb]

and I have now just seen the D500   might not be this year but I will keep my fingers crossed.

[JHFoto]

Don't forget its a Nikon, they can do anything..................................So I am told.....

[ChrisLumix]

Remember that increases in ISO are logarithmic not geometric. In other words, there's no more exposure increase between 12,800 and 25,600 than between 100 and 200. So 3 million is only half a dozen stops more than 25,600. 

[Black Pearl]

Only?

I'll have that 'only' any day thanks. 

[JHFoto]

2 hours ago, Black Pearl said:

Only?

I'll have that 'only' any day thanks. 

Me too..................

[Craftysnapper]

had the e-mail for this  from WEX this morning before coming here and it went straight in the trash bin.

 

Like BP said for a hobbyist (like me) it's overkill, plus these days I don't like anything round my neck that feels like a house brick.

[Black Pearl]

I will admit to shedding a tear when the D500 pooped up, two months after i dumped all my Nikon gear as I was sick of waiting for a decent D300s replacement but I don't miss the massive weight and I'm loving the tactile quality of the Fuji so I'm not disappointed in the move i made.

[Brian]

10 hours ago, Black Pearl said:

I will admit to shedding a tear when the D500 pooped up, two months after i dumped all my Nikon gear as I was sick of waiting for a decent D300s replacement but I don't miss the massive weight and I'm loving the tactile quality of the Fuji so I'm not disappointed in the move i made.

Life is full of little ironies like this. But it all works out in the end....................but at 3mil. ISO the "noise" would be deafening!

[ChrisLumix]

53 minutes ago, Brian said:

at 3mil. ISO the "noise" would be deafening!

Mind you, so it was at 1600 on my old superzoom! But that was its maximum, which should generally be avoided, whatever it is.

[VWGolf]

I would like both the D5 and D500 but will have to stick with my D750 or the time being ......

But consider where we were just, say, ten years ago with DSLRs, with some people saying they'll never produce the standard of pictures as could be done on a film camera.  And look where we are now - even an iPhone camera takes better pictures that what we had back then.

Only 15 years back, my first digital camera had 1mp and now I have 24mp, which is small fry compared to the top range Nikons and Canons (I know that measurement isn't the be all and end all, but for comparisons sake).  My longest lens is an old Tokina F5.6 210mm, but I can still photograph distant things - tigers, the Vulcan, for example - and be able to crop and still get a decent picture, albeit perhaps not so good as my friends with their fancy 400 and 600mm lenses.

So although 3m ISO isn't usable except in extremis now, it will probably be accepted as normal a few years down the line.  Such is progress  :-)

Just my two-pennyworth  :-)

 

 

 

 

[ChrisLumix]

Except that a CD with gawd-knows-how-many-bits will massively out perform vinyl for detail, but will never match its audio characteristics. The two are different.