D5 is dead; get a D6 or transition to mirrorless?

WestEndFoto

I suspect anything above ISO 12,800 on any camera is trash in my opinion. I never let a camera get past that. Luckily I don't do much shooting that pushes that envelope. I have lots of pictures inside dark churches, but they are at ISO 64 with a tripod.

photobunny

WestEndFoto said:

I suspect anything above ISO 12,800 on any camera is trash in my opinion. I never let a camera get past that. Luckily I don't do much shooting that pushes that envelope. I have lots of pictures inside dark churches, but they are at ISO 64 with a tripod.

I think it depends on subject, subject size in frame, and processing. https://photos.photobunny.co.uk/_DSC5151.jpg this example was ISO 16,000 on the Z9 and there is plenty of detail, I just slightly missed focus due to it being too close for the MFD.

The Z6 gets much cleaner results at the same ISO. But in all cases you need to fill the frame with the subject and don't crop.

WestEndFoto

photobunny said:

WestEndFoto said:

I suspect anything above ISO 12,800 on any camera is trash in my opinion. I never let a camera get past that. Luckily I don't do much shooting that pushes that envelope. I have lots of pictures inside dark churches, but they are at ISO 64 with a tripod.

I think it depends on subject, subject size in frame, and processing. https://photos.photobunny.co.uk/_DSC5151.jpg this example was ISO 16,000 on the Z9 and there is plenty of detail, I just slightly missed focus due to it being too close for the MFD.

The Z6 gets much cleaner results at the same ISO. But in all cases you need to fill the frame with the subject and don't crop.

Yes, you are right of course. I suppose that unless I am trying to make something like a street photo look gritty, I don't like noise.