February 2026

[christeo]

From the images you share, I can see that it has been a cold winter across large parts of Europe. It has been cold in Norway as well. When cold, stable winter weather lasts for several weeks with little wind, layers of snow and ice build up on spruce trees, turning them into sculptures. This is a typical winter climate for inland eastern Norway, but with a more variable climate, there has not been this nice since 2023.

Z8/24-120 S, 120 mm f/4

[ColinM]

As an experiment, I found a photograph taken at ISO 6400 with my Zf. (I am assuming that the noise would be similar to the Z9 at a fixed output size.....

Thanks Ian
For me, the content and composition have taken my mind down some happy paths
If i zoom in, sure I can see some noise. But its already of very low importance compared to my enjoyment of this particular image

It may be bad manners to comment on multiple images at once.... but since Paco's started the NR discussion:

The two performer images taken with the Z9, 70-200 2.8 fl

With "High Release", I feel like I'm looking through a narrow window, not sure what's unfolding

But with "Free expressions", it feels like the subject is actually in full flow.
Fluid, free and undoubtedly expressive

[Fons Baerken]

Februari 9

Portrait: Gerrit the numerologist!

Zf  -  Z 40mm f/2

[John Geerts]

Streetview

Z9  The compact tele: Nikkor AIS 200/4

[Ian Watson]

  I don't see much difference?

Neither do I. Which makes me think that NX Studio is not applying any secret sauce to the noise.

To think that we are discussing whether to apply noise reduction at ISO 6400 rather than whether to use such an ISO at all! We are spoiled

[Ian Watson]

Christeo and Colin, thank you for the kind words.

[Ian Watson]

I was not expecting my daughter to feed the frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) but she did.

Nikon Zf, 35/1.8S

[Fons Baerken]

I was not expecting my daughter to feed the frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) but she did.

Nikon Zf, 35/1.8S

I like it

[Luc]

Construction of new town hall, cost Euro 118m.

Ricoh GRIII

GRIII_R0002554 by Luc de Schepper, on Flickr

[Ian Watson]

I like it

Thanks, Fons.

[golunvolo]

I was not expecting my daughter to feed the frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) but she did.

Nikon Zf, 35/1.8S

  And she looks so happy!

  I like it too 

[ColinM]

I was not expecting my daughter to feed the frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) but she did.

Nikon Zf, 35/1.8S

Brave
I've seen how they behave with other birds to steal their lunch!
Often known as the Pirates of the ocean...

[Thomas Stellwag]

Construction of new town hall, cost Euro 118m

equals 40000 new Z8. Don´t know if this is much or not in comparison, but I sometimes feel dizzy, hearing all those actual numbers