Is anyone getting satisfactory results at ISO 3200 on an A9 with a 100-400 GM without a converter? Either I am doing something wrong or the answer is its marginal at 3200. Even my stationary shots are too grainy after LR noise reduction to satisfy me I would never post one and be proud of it.
I went out to Wakodahatchee wetlands with my A9 new firmware and 100-400 GM it was overcast so I had to use ISO 3200 to shoot 5.6 to 7.1 for some DOF and even then had too slow of shutter speeds using the new tracking Lock On AF. It locked on and I thought I would get some good images but they were too grainy for my tastes.
I can only suspect that I had the AF switch on the wrong setting on the lens and the IBIS messed it up as I was shooting at 1/2000 to 1/12800th and some at 8000th of a second.
trstahly wrote:
Is anyone getting satisfactory results at ISO 3200 on an A9 with a 100-400 GM without a converter? Either I am doing something wrong or the answer is its marginal at 3200. Even my stationary shots are too grainy after LR noise reduction to satisfy me I would never post one and be proud of it.
I went out to Wakodahatchee wetlands with my A9 new firmware and 100-400 GM it was overcast so I had to use ISO 3200 to shoot 5.6 to 7.1 for some DOF and even then had too slow of shutter speeds using the new tracking Lock On AF. It locked on and I thought I would get some good images but they were too grainy for my tastes.
I can only suspect that I had the AF switch on the wrong setting on the lens and the IBIS messed it up as I was shooting at 1/2000 to 1/12800th and some at 8000th of a second.
trstahly wrote:
That is with an A9 and what lens? Here is about the best I have at 3200
Sony A9, Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS, 1/200 f/5.6, ISO 5000
I'm trying to use Nik Software collection (the Google free-delivered version), in particular Dfine2 plugin in that suite.
I can see a bit of background noise in your pic, but I think it can be got ridden of quite easily in Dfine2 (I am not fond of LR noise reduction at all)
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 1:38 PM.
Looking at a turtle on a log
Heavily cropped, tripod mounted Leica R 100mm f2.8 Apo-Macro-Elmarit lens and Sony A7rIII camera.
ISO 100, f8?, 1/15 second
May 15, 2019
At Fern Hammock Springs, Juniper Springs Recreation Area, Ocala National Forest, near Ocala, FL
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 9:15 AM.
Looking at a Great Egret while standing on a log and taking a step in breeding plumage.
Cropped, tripod mounted 100-400mm f4-f5.6 GM set to 297mm and A7rIII.
ISO 100, f5.6 1/250 second
Exposure corrected +0.48 Stops
May 11, 2019
At Gatorland, Orlando or Kissimmee, FL
