Here's a 1Ds3 set at iso 3200 and pushed 2 stops, so an effective speed of 12800. It has had a slight dust and scratches applied in photoshop:

Impressive. I also like the way it resolves the relatively low contrast features of the guitarist's hand, finger nails and the pick. It's interesting to see how the DOF varies by comparing the broken string with those still in use on the neck of the guitar.

Very impressive indeed, I didn't know Frodo could play guitar

PeaktoPeek wrote:
Very impressive indeed, I didn't know Frodo could play guitar

Funny stuff!

Impressive image as well. The 1Ds Mark III would complement my 1D Mark III well, other than the fact that the three of us would have to live in the doghouse.
Helimat

Isn't the 1Ds III so clean at high ISO due to the fact it can't focus and everything is smeared buttery smooth

PeaktoPeek wrote:
Very impressive indeed, I didn't know Frodo could play guitar

Hahaha! That gave me a good laugh

The images are very clean indeed! I wonder how it fares compared to the D3.

helimat wrote:
PeaktoPeek wrote:
Very impressive indeed, I didn't know Frodo could play guitar

Funny stuff!

Impressive image as well. The 1Ds Mark III would complement my 1D Mark III well, other than the fact that the three of us would have to live in the doghouse.
Helimat

GOLD!

It works nice with this full automatic default setting of Noise Ninja too.

A good example of what 14 bit images are capable of.

Great shots! Love it!

When you say "pushed" to 12800, do you mean that in post processing, you moved the exposure 2 stops brighter?

I had always wondered what it did to "push" the exposure in post.

RobertLynn wrote:
When you say "pushed" to 12800, do you mean that in post processing, you moved the exposure 2 stops brighter?

I had always wondered what it did to "push" the exposure in post.

That's exactly what he means. We all used to "push" Tri-X two stops to ASA 1600 whenever we needed to.

Not just he plays it, he plays it with a broken string

Quote from a popular (and nearby) Nikon forum.

the 1dsmk3 is not very good above 800, wheras the D3 is usable upto 6400 without problems.

That's amazing, now if only the Canon G9 could do that at half the ISO of what you used.
What focal length was that at?

Very sweet indeed. My dream camera. It should be down to my price range in about 2 years when the 1DsIV comes out. Till then I can only dream .....

Gary Petersen wrote:
Quote from a popular (and nearby) Nikon forum.

the 1dsmk3 is not very good above 800, wheras the D3 is usable upto 6400 without problems.

Honestly, there is so much BS on gears forums, good grief...I wonder why I bother.

I do thank the OP for sharing REAL photos from a REAL camera they actually own and use, and from someone that actually knows something about photography...kinda refreshing. But then again, who can believe thier own eyes? I'd rather have someone tell me then actually see a photo. More photos, less talk.

Even ISO 400 is too much noise if you expose wrongly

MSC wrote: Honestly, there is so much BS on gears forums, good grief...I wonder why I bother.

I do thank the OP for sharing REAL photos from a REAL camera they actually own and use, and from someone that actually knows something about photography...kinda refreshing. But then again, who can believe thier own eyes? I'd rather have someone tell me then actually see a photo. More photos, less talk.


+5

Lookin' good. Your image doesn't really have any bad color noise, and it has great detail, so I honestly don't mind the luminance noise, especially at that ISO.

Most NR software would probably make the image lose some of that "crispy" sharp look to it, so I'd keep it the way it is. You have a winner.

Great camera for a great band!

i guess we all see what we want to see and dream what we want to dream

He needs a new D string, as the 1DSMK3 clearly indicates. (I guess that's better than needing a new G-string. like this guy might want http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25519830/?GT1=43001)

Depends on what guitar he's playin' John :P Sometimes that's my C string, sometimes it's my Db string, ya never know...it's a pain in the arse having to have so many tunings to play current covers. Everything should be in Eb.

That link you provided is one of the most disturbing and effed up things I've read. Almost as bad as the "bug chasers".

brainiac wrote:
[...] Maybe the D3 is just the prince of high iso, not the king. It would be fun to see a no punches pulled comparison.

it's funny you mention that. back in the day i did a high ISO comparison between camera X and camera Y, where both cameras have a different max sensor resolution. i ended up creating a matrix for comparison, where i upscaled camera X images OR downscaled camera Y images OR left both as-is. on that note, what do you think is a fair comparison between a super-mega-pixel camera like the 1ds3 and a camera like the d3 that has about half of the pixels?

btw. great pic and awesome camera! way to put it to good use- to use it for what it was made for.