The first, a GBH was shot with the 500 f/4 IS II + 1.4x TC. ES, Tv 1/2000, ISO 1600. Cropped about 2/3rds. All of the images in that series (>15) were in focus unlike my older DSLR's and a7riv.
The second is more interesting in that it is ISO 10000, with a 100-400 IS II + 1.4x TC. Tv 1/1200, f/8. Noise completely manageable in Topaz AI.
Using my cell phone to edit (which isn't the best), I took a stab at imaging Saturn last night with my new RF 100-500 zoom lens with a 2X TC attached ( = 1000mm).
EDIT: The basic color primaries (RGB) are well captured by the sensor, and don't require much adjustment in C1.
Good performance for the blue channel in the sky (compared to both SNR and saturation issues plaguing the blue channel in 5d2) and good rendering of yellow on green (sunlight on grass). The Auto WB + Auto Picture style nails it in a majority of situations. Sole exception I have seen so far is warm sunlight in a shaded area - the camera renders the highlights slightly cooler than reality, easy enough to fix. Happy with the CFA and Auto WB (ambience priority) engine so far.
A composite image of everything I shot last night at 1000mm with the R5 and RF 100-500 zoom with 2X TC attached.
All actual size as imaged at this focal length. The Moon, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter. Fun!
Image data:
Moon: ISO 400, f/16, 1/60th second.
Mars: ISO 400, f/16, 1/60th second.
Jupiter: ISO 500, f/16, 1/60th second.
Saturn: ISO 3200, f/16, 1/60th second.
Moon and Planet data:
Moon: 2,160 miles in diameter, 240 thousand miles away.
Mars: 4,210 miles in diameter, 49 million miles away.
Jupiter: 86,900 miles in diameter, 390 million miles away.
Saturn: 72,400 miles in diameter, 790 million miles away.
All shot at 45mp, 1000mm, tripod mounted, electronic shutter (no mirror lockup needed on mirrorless body). Contrast levels adjusted in Photoshop.
Doggone it, Cameron, I was about to impress with my moon shot.
Well, I'll show it anyway. I stepped out on the front steps to take a couple of snapshots at 5 this morning, prior to heading off to work. Had the R5 with the 100-400 II and 1.4X III. Auto exposure, AV mode, spot metering, spot focus, handheld.
IS worked very well, with about 20 nearly identical shots. Here's one of them...
Edit: If I'm up early enough tomorrow, and not in a hurry, I might try to grab one with a slower shutter speed. I was a little hasty and left auto-ISO on, so the camera chose the SS for me.
Here's one from tonight of an Eastern Screech Owl shot 25 min after sunset with basically no available light left. Shot at 600mm f/4, ISO 12,800 3.2sec. I'm absolutely blown away by the low light performance of this body, I've been shooting solely with the Sony a9 for about 8 months now and I honestly don't know which body I think performs better. Processed in ACR and then run through Denoise AI in Low Light mode.
Tony5787 wrote:
Here's one from tonight of an Eastern Screech Owl shot 25 min after sunset with basically no available light left. Shot at 600mm f/4, ISO 12,800 3.2sec. I'm absolutely blown away by the low light performance of this body, I've been shooting solely with the Sony a9 for about 8 months now and I honestly don't know which body I think performs better. Processed in ACR and then run through Denoise AI in Low Light mode.
Jesse Evans wrote:
3.2 seconds? Did the owl actually stay that still
Yeah, surprisingly these guys can stay incredibly still, I have shots taken at up to 20sec with my a9 that are tack sharp. There’s some luck involved though, generally you have to keep shooting the entire time it’s perched and if you’re lucky you’ll end up with a couple where it cooperated.
Some from the 50RF.
Pushing the sensor at low light, no issues so far. After ~4000 frames or so, see a very slight amount of trace CA from this lens, but nothing objectionable !
The Monarch Butterfly migration is in full swing up north and I am loving the R5 though need to play around in better light, try some other cases and remove the TC to see if it is slowing the AF down. Loving this camera more and more each day.
Cropped around 75%
In order to test the IS system a bit more, I snapped a few shots of the moon when I got home from work this morning. All handheld, all at 1/60. About 50% had some motion blur (the moon was straight up and I was not the steadiest in that posture), but half were pretty crisp. One example here. I think I can safely say that the IS works quite well in this situation.
