Pentax High ISO Gallery--POST HERE

Jewelltrail · 06-24-2009, 10:00 AM

I have not seen a gallery like this at our forum in over a year. I have been vacationing though, so excuse me if this was recently done. Here is a picture to start the gallery. It was run through Neat Image so EXIF data is stripped. It was shot at f 3.2---2000 ISO.

rawr · 06-24-2009, 10:52 AM

With which camera?

06-24-2009, 04:37 PM

I'll play along...this one under HORRIFIC lighting conditions with K20D and DA* 50-135mm at F2.8. ISO 2500, no post processing, just a simple re-size in PSE.

File name: IMGP6472.JPG
File size: 329720 bytes (797x1200, 2.8bpp, 9x)
EXIF Summary: 1/125s f/2.8 ISO2500 123mm

Camera-Specific Properties:

Equipment Make: PENTAX
Camera Model: PENTAX K20D
Camera Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0.1 Macintosh
Sensing Method: One-Chip Color Area

Image-Specific Properties:

Image Orientation: Top, Left-Hand
Horizontal Resolution: 72 dpi
Vertical Resolution: 72 dpi
Image Created: 2009:06:24 18:33:59
Exposure Time: 1/125 sec
F-Number: f/2.8
Exposure Program: Aperture Priority
ISO Speed Rating: 2500
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Metering Mode: Pattern
Flash: No Flash, Compulsory
Focal Length: 123.00 mm
Color Space Information: Uncalibrated
Image Width: 797
Image Height: 1200

*Duck Dodgers* · 06-24-2009, 05:37 PM

I seldom shoot above ISO 800...can I still play?

This one was hand-held, and came out better than I expected on a K10D:

mike@penguin:/d2/Pictures/2009/resize$ exiftool imgp3062.jpg_1280.jpg
ExifTool Version Number : 7.00
File Name : imgp3062.jpg_1280.jpg
Directory : .
File Size : 311 kB
File Modification Date/Time : 2009:06:21 16:58:38
File Type : JPEG
MIME Type : image/jpeg
JFIF Version : 1.1
Exif Byte Order : Big-endian (Motorola)
Make : PENTAX Corporation
Camera Model Name : PENTAX K10D
Orientation : Unknown (0)
X Resolution : 72
Y Resolution : 72
Resolution Unit : None
Software : K10D Ver 1.30
Modify Date : 2009:06:20 22:49:48
Y Cb Cr Positioning : Co-sited
Exposure Time : 1/15
F Number : 1.7
Exposure Program : Manual
ISO : 800
Exif Version : 0221
Date/Time Original : 2009:06:20 22:49:48
Create Date : 2009:06:20 22:49:48
Components Configuration : YCbCr
Flash : Off
Focal Length : 50.0mm
Pentax Version : 3.0.0.0
Pentax Model Type : 0
Preview Image Size : 640x480
Preview Image Length : 22903
Preview Image Start : 2302
Pentax Model ID : K10D
Date : 2009:06:20
Time : 22:49:48
Quality : Best
Flash Mode : Off
Focus Mode : Manual
AF Point Selected : Fixed Center
Exposure Compensation : 0
Metering Mode : Center Weighted
Auto Bracketing : 0 EV, No Extended Bracket
White Balance : Tungsten
White Balance Mode : User-Selected
World Time Location : Hometown
Hometown City : Chicago
Destination City : Caracus
Hometown DST : No
Destination DST : No
Image Processing : Unprocessed
Picture Mode : Manual
Drive Mode : Single-frame
Lens Type : A Series Lens
Camera Temperature : 30 C
Noise Reduction : Off
Flash Exposure Comp : 0
Image Tone : Natural
SR Result : Stabilized
Shake Reduction : On
SR SWS To SWR Time : 103
Shutter Count : 3204
Black Point : 0 0 0 0
White Point : 8192 8192 8192 20960
AE Exposure Time : 1/15
AE Aperture : 1.7
AE ISO : 800
AE Xv : 0
AEB Xv : 0
AE Flash Tv : 1/3862
AE Program Mode : Manual/Program AE
Lens Codes : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flash Status : 0
Flash Mode Code : Off (240)
External Flash Mode : 63
Internal Flash Magni : 0
TTL DA A Up : 0
TTL DA A Down : 0
TTL DA B Up : 0
TTL DA B Down : 0
AE Metering Segments : 2.0 2.1 -1.9 -1.9 -1.8 -1.0 -0.2 -0.4 -1.6 0.5 -1.5 -1.5 -1.5 -0.6 0.0 0.2
WB RGGB Levels Daylight : 13600 8192 8192 8765
WB RGGB Levels Shade : 16128 8192 8192 6635
WB RGGB Levels Cloudy : 14560 8192 8192 7782
WB RGGB Levels Tungsten : 8192 8192 8192 20971
WB RGGB Levels Fluorescent D : 17376 8192 8192 8847
WB RGGB Levels Fluorescent N : 14528 8192 8192 10076
WB RGGB Levels Fluorescent W : 13088 8192 8192 12206
WB RGGB Levels Flash : 13632 8192 8192 8601
Manufacture Date : 2007:08:01
Model Revision : 2.1
Internal Serial Number : 4365299
Battery Type : 3
Battery Body Grip States : 4 4
Battery AD Body No Load : 186
Battery AD Body Load : 175
Battery AD Grip No Load : 175
Battery AD Grip Load : 171
AF Points In Focus : Center (horizontal)
Flashpix Version : 0100
Color Space : sRGB
Exif Image Width : 3872
Exif Image Length : 2592
Interoperability Index : R98 - DCF basic file (sRGB)
Interoperability Version : 0100
Sensing Method : One-chip color area
File Source : Digital Camera
Scene Type : Directly photographed
Custom Rendered : Normal
Exposure Mode : Manual
Focal Length In 35mm Format : 75mm
Scene Capture Type : Standard
Contrast : High
Saturation : Normal
Sharpness : Hard
Subject Distance Range : Distant
Compression : JPEG (old-style)
Thumbnail Offset : 46190
Thumbnail Length : 6212
Image Width : 1280
Image Height : 857
Encoding Process : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample : 8
Color Components : 3
Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling : YCbCr4:2:2 (2 1)
Aperture : 1.7
Image Size : 1280x857
Preview Image : (Binary data 22903 bytes, use -b option to extract)
Scale Factor To 35mm Equivalent : 1.5
Shutter Speed : 1/15
Thumbnail Image : (Binary data 6212 bytes, use -b option to extract)
Circle Of Confusion : 0.020 mm
Focal Length : 50.0mm (35mm equivalent: 75.0mm)
Hyperfocal Distance : 73.42 m
Light Value : 2.4

**Marc Sabatella** · 06-24-2009, 10:09 PM

Here's one from the K200D at ISO 1600 with a 1/2 EV push for an equivalent of around ISO 2240. Chroma NR applied in ACDSee Pro 3 (beta):

*pawzitiv* · 06-24-2009, 10:48 PM

I like my high ISO images the same way I like my blues .. with some hair on it!

K20D/DA*50-135@135mm; f/2.8; 1/25 sec; ISO 3200

frank · 06-25-2009, 01:03 AM

Pre production K-7 @ ISO3200, no post process except resize:

Jewelltrail · 06-25-2009, 10:40 AM

Rawr: With which camera?

Yes, excellent question. It is with the K20d. Sorry about EXIF absence too, but am willing to send original shot to any PM which leaves me an e-mail address--this is the largest I can post here. I think some would be very surprised with the performance @ 2000 ISO @ full resolution.

Marc that is an excellent shot, amazing detail.!

Duck Dodgers I seldom shoot above ISO 800...can I still play?

Of course! And excellent work. I am just hoping to create a High ISO Gallery for any of the Pentax skeptics.

SouthShoreRob I'll play along...this one under HORRIFIC lighting conditions with K20D and DA* 50-135mm at F2.8. ISO 2500, no post processing, just a simple re-size in PSE.

Really tough conditions--great results.

frank Pre production K-7 @ ISO3200, no post process except resize:

Thanks, I have been waiting for more of these shots to come down to us.

**Marc Sabatella** · 06-25-2009, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by Jewelltrail

Marc that is an excellent shot, amazing detail.!

Thanks! SR helps, as does the fact that he was barely moving at all, and that the M135/3.5 is reasonably sharp wide open. Being able to apply chroma NR aggressively without needing to also apply so much luminance NR also makes a difference. I suppose some would want to see "direct from the camera" results only, but frankly, I don't care so much about that - I care about what results are *possible*, not just what results are *automatic*.

BTW, I feel I'm slowly coming to learn a lot about the different variables that go into determining success at high ISO and how to best control them. As I had begun to speculate in one fo the previous threads on this topic, aside from the well-known advantages of ETTR when practical, things like light color, dynamic range, detail, and surface texture really do play big roles. Any or all of these can make the difference between an impressive or disappointing high ISO shot. But I'm still not sure I can completely characterize how.

melander · 06-25-2009, 12:55 PM

Iso 6400, K20D

*Duck Dodgers* · 06-25-2009, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Jewelltrail

Marc that is an excellent shot, amazing detail.!

Yeah, but that's some horrendous purple fringe on the subject's forehead!

wll · 06-25-2009, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by melander

Iso 6400, K20D

At iso 6400 look at the detail, that is awsome. look at that image at 500% and look how defined the pixels are.

I'm impressed. Sure it is grainy, but so what, it ads to the feeling of the B&W image. Very nice.

wll

deejjjaaaa · 06-25-2009, 01:39 PM

some koolaid (*istDL with A 50/1.2 @ F = 1.2 & ISO = 3200 & EV +1 in raw converter to make it ~ISO 6400)...

kunik · 06-25-2009, 06:40 PM

From a soccer game a couple weeks ago. Both shots at ISO 3200 - 200mm F2.8 on a K20d

krmitchell1055 · 06-25-2009, 07:18 PM

Shot with *istDL with 18-55 kit lens. ISO 3200. Pop-up flash on. Manual focus. 1/80th second exposure at f 5.6. Silkypix processed from raw to jpeg.
Resized with PS7.