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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Comparing gear is always a bit of sensitive issue as it easily can come across as being critical of someones new toy or raining on their parade.
Thats certainly not the intention here, just a friendly discussion about technical merits of sensors and cameras.
Greg.
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Agreed!
I also echo Greg's comments about differing results from sensors in different cameras - it's the whole package that makes the image.
H - your cat picture did prompt me to take a similar photo with my D800. I was pretty impressed by my results, but chose not to post on your thread to avoid inappropriate comparisons (comparison shots are really only valid if taken in exactly the same manner). As for all the interest in high ISO performance, I personally think 99% of it is a technical exercise. I can count on one hand with no fingers the number of times I have wanted to take a natural light portrait of a coal miner down the mine at midnight. I used my D800 last night under dark skies 150km west of Brisbane. The sky glow recorded at ISO6400 (30sec widefield images) will probably make them unusable, but I haven't had the chance to process the images yet. ISO3200 is probably going to be enough for me, but if I want to take a pic to record something at a higher ISO, I'll happily turn up the ISO and accept that it's unlikely to be a smooth sharp image.
DT
