BBC vid on progress made for filming during nighttime for Planet Earth

[Jan Anne]

A rather interesting video by the BBC on how advancements made in video camera development changed the game considerably over the years for shooting during night time for the Planet Earth series. Its amazing to see how inventive those guys are to capture the critical moments, even venturing into different light spectrums.

[armando_m]

Jan, great video, thanks for sharing it!

[Akira]

This is amazing!  Thanks for sharing, Jan!

[Mike G]

An amazing series alltold. At the end of each episode there was an explanation of how they got the footage, which I liked!

That was an Indian leopard if memory serves me well.

[richardHaw]

i have a good application for that infrared video thing

[Thomas G]

Tells me I should probably watch the 'Planet' series. Thanks for sharing, Jan.

[Jan Anne]

Tells me I should probably watch the 'Planet' series. Thanks for sharing, Jan.

Its on Netflix, a lot cheaper than buying the blue rays

[chambeshi]

Most interesting. Thanks for sharing. And sensor technology continues to improve at impressive rates

Here's one comparison of ISO performance on the Nikon D5 vs Sony a7R II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JjP7LlMZq0

[MFloyd]

Very interesting video.  Thanks !

[MFloyd]

Most interesting. Thanks for sharing. And sensor technology continues to improve at impressive rates

Here's one comparison of ISO performance on the Nikon D5 vs Sony a7R II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JjP7LlMZq0

I quote a watcher comment. "At ISO 6400, 12,800 and 25,600 the Nikon D5 totally destroyed Sony, the quality was so much better. Everything above that was not usable on both cameras, so who cares".  I agree.

[chambeshi]

I quote a watcher comment. "At ISO 6400, 12,800 and 25,600 the Nikon D5 totally destroyed Sony, the quality was so much better. Everything above that was not usable on both cameras, so who cares".  I agree.

Agree in part, but for capturing otherwise natural history events unobservable or need very bright lighting, the sony or D5 provide the zoologist with a comparatively affordable solution. Either camera would have opened up a whole new dimension in my bat research underground 30 years back.

fyi one of Seth Shostak's excellent columns  ​
​http://www.shutterbug.com/content/technically-speaking-how-high-will-isos-go-cameras-break-noise-barrier-ultra-sensitive-chips#6KyGf35mmhVHWgof.97​

[MFloyd]

Yes, this was also very well illustrated by the BBC Earth vidéo.

[Jan Anne]

I quote a watcher comment. "At ISO 6400, 12,800 and 25,600 the Nikon D5 totally destroyed Sony, the quality was so much better.

It would be very surprising when the Sony's answer to the D810 (a7RII) would beat Nikons high ISO offering (D5) so its an apples to oranges comparison.

More interesting (and fair) would be to compare the D5 to the a7S the BBC was using or even better against the newer a7SII

[Dr Klaus Schmitt]

Excellent, thanks for sharing! Too bad they haven't included UV photo- and videography,
which I have done for BBC a few times ;-)

[Erik Lund]

Thanks for sharing! A very typical high quality information video from BBC