Great Grey Owl
Strathcona County, Alberta.
A couple observations regarding developments in camera technology. I've been testing the Nikon Z6(a newer full frame mirrorless camera). I posted two shots of this GGO using very different settings. The first photo, where the owl is scratching an itch, my shutter speed was quite high(1/1600th of a second) because I wanted to freeze movement and also capture a flight shot(and also test the camera's tracking ability). It was late in the day and the light was poor. In my menu, I let the camera choose a suitable ISO setting, the upper limit being ISO 8000. Because of the limited available light, the camera unsurprisingly chose ISO 8000. Amazingly, very little noise appeared in the raw file, which was relatively easy to clean up in post editing, while still retaining detail. This is one of the huge benefits of using a full frame sensor and its larger pixels. The downside is that I lose the "reach" of the crop factor of a DX body.
In the above photo, I have a drastically improved ISO setting of ISO 1000. This would not have been possible with any other camera I previously owned. But with the Z6, it is possible because of in-body image stabilization. I was able to get consistently sharp images at settings as low as 1/50th of a second. This is remarkable considering I was shooting at an equivalent focal length of 630mm. As long as the target was stationary, the image was sharp. With the advancement and refinement of technology, photographers are able to have the best of both worlds... very clean high ISO images and very sharp low shutter speed images(handheld).
Great Grey Owl
Strathcona County, Alberta.
A couple observations regarding developments in camera technology. I've been testing the Nikon Z6(a newer full frame mirrorless camera). I posted two shots of this GGO using very different settings. The first photo, where the owl is scratching an itch, my shutter speed was quite high(1/1600th of a second) because I wanted to freeze movement and also capture a flight shot(and also test the camera's tracking ability). It was late in the day and the light was poor. In my menu, I let the camera choose a suitable ISO setting, the upper limit being ISO 8000. Because of the limited available light, the camera unsurprisingly chose ISO 8000. Amazingly, very little noise appeared in the raw file, which was relatively easy to clean up in post editing, while still retaining detail. This is one of the huge benefits of using a full frame sensor and its larger pixels. The downside is that I lose the "reach" of the crop factor of a DX body.
In the above photo, I have a drastically improved ISO setting of ISO 1000. This would not have been possible with any other camera I previously owned. But with the Z6, it is possible because of in-body image stabilization. I was able to get consistently sharp images at settings as low as 1/50th of a second. This is remarkable considering I was shooting at an equivalent focal length of 630mm. As long as the target was stationary, the image was sharp. With the advancement and refinement of technology, photographers are able to have the best of both worlds... very clean high ISO images and very sharp low shutter speed images(handheld).