p.1 #1 · Sony A1 High Iso for Bird Photography (Example Images)
I have not seen too much talk about high iso with the A1. Hopefully this helps those of you looking for this information.
All of these shots were taken at the same time with the same set up. Sony A1, 600 GM with 1.4 TC wide open. All photos edited with CP1 and sent through Topaz DeNoise with noise removal set at 100. Photos were converted to TIFF with Sony Imaging Viewer since CP1 cannot work with lossless compressed images yet.
p.1 #2 · Sony A1 High Iso for Bird Photography (Example Images)
The first two look good... the last one you can definitely see Topaz struggled with the background a bit, but at ISO 12800 that's understandable.
Are these cropped at all? Also be curious to see the images before being DeNoised, and also curious which DeNoise mode you used (plus other settings like sharpening levels etc.)
p.1 #3 · Sony A1 High Iso for Bird Photography (Example Images)
Only the first one was cropped by about 30%.
Yeah unfortunately the last one was hard. But……keep in mind it was at the equivalent of 25600 iso! The background splotchiness wouldn’t show up in print either, only upon close inspection. So, as Jarrod Polin says, who cares and go take photos haha. It bothers me but being realistic, who gives a sh*t when printed for an exhibition no one would know. That’s how I’m able to sleep and deal with it at least 😂.
My denoise settings were super simple. Everything minimum except 100% noise removal. I had the “denoise” tab selected. I played around and found that was a reliable and consistent setting for the a1 and these pics.
wordfool wrote:
The first two look good... the last one you can definitely see Topaz struggled with the background a bit, but at ISO 12800 that's understandable.
Are these cropped at all? Also be curious to see the images before being DeNoised, and also curious which DeNoise mode you used (plus other settings like sharpening levels etc.)
