Nikon D5 - first impressions

[Andy]

Naschmarkt in Vienna @ Night. (actually: after midnight)
During the day, a fish and vegetable market. Those who had been there in the night, know how dark it is.

1) ISO 12800, f2.8, 1/10s
2) ISO 12800, f2.8, 1/50s
3) ISO 4500, f2.8, 1/50s
4) ISO 12800, f2.8, 1/50s

[Andy]

1) ISO 12800, f2.8, 1/50s, 70mm
2) ISO 10000, f2.8, 1/50s, 70mm
3) ISO 12800, f2.8, 1/50s, 70mm
4) ISO 12800, f2.8, 1/50s, 70mm

[Andy]

1) ISO 12800, f2.8, 1/50s, 45mm
2) ISO 3200, f2.8, 1/50s, 24mm
3) Rolls Royce in front of Hotel Sacher, ISO 4500, f2.8, 1/50s

[Andy]

Comparing the D4 and D5 (don't forget, all photos shot handheld)

1) D5, ISO 12800
2) D4, ISO 12800

[Andy]

1) D5, ISO 12800
2) D4, ISO 12800

[Andy]

1) D5, ISO 12800, f2.8, 1/50s
2) D4, ISO 12800, f2.8, 1/50s

[Andy]

1) D5, ISO 12800, f2.8, 1/50s
2) D4, ISO 12800, f2.8, 1/50s

[Frank Fremerey]

My first impression is that white balance seems to be very good in difficult lighting conditions

and that the color rendition is also very good  in 12k, but not so very much better than in the D4.

I am not sure what you want to tell us with the #21 comparsion.

[Tersn]

Thanks for posting. Will you post some images shot with even higher iso?
Guess there are several others here that are waiting impatiently for their preordered D5 to arrive

[Andy]

I am not sure what you want to tell us with the #21 comparsion.

Frank, I didn't want to "tell" anybody anything
What I wanted to show is the different style of noise the 2 cameras are producing - The D5 seems to "attack" noise with a higher frequency pattern than the D4. It could be that the size reduction took away much of what I saw in the original JPEGs. For a more thorough comparison of noise, personally I would wait for the D5 NEF support in NX-D. Based on the examples I have seen so far, the ACR converter seems to interpret the D5 RAWs in a very different manner than the ooc JPEGs look like. Too early for me to tell, if this was the design chosen by Adobe, or is the actual RAW content as Nikon intended. That's why I would personally wait for NX-D as my starting point (as a kind of reference from the manufacturer)

If interested. In this location there you can find the 2 ooc JPEGs (large/fine, NR=off). You can also look at the tiles on the ground or the painted wall from the building in the background.
https://onedrive.live.com/?id=C59FEF9F04ED4A3A%211552&cid=C59FEF9F04ED4A3A
1) D5D_0438.jpg
2) D4H_2172.jpg

As one example, 2x crop from the images
1) D5
2) D4

rgds, Andy

[Andy]

Just played with our 4 month old dog in the garden. With the 70-200mm/2.8 VR II, the AF seems to be fast and accurate. Burst sequences produce mostly keepers, low volume of non-keepers (could also be rather by me). Exposure control handles the white dog well, even in cross light. No adjustments made to exposure control in the 2 images below.

2 snapshots, just resized (Full size JPEGs can be found <here>):

[FredCrowBear]

1.  Most importantly - good looking dog!
2.  Thank you for your insights and comparisons.  I am going for the D500 (order placed) so I hope it performs as well as the D5 with regard to noise.
3.  By my untrained eye, the D5 noise is much less pronounced and much more pleasing compared to the D4.  It appears that the D5 preserved many more details.
4.  I continue to be shocked at how much progress has been made since I bought my first DSLR (D70s) about 12 years ago.  We live in good times.

[Harald]

Hi,

more interesting are the RAW files. Expeed 3 vs. 5. Can you please upload them for one example?

Harry

[Frank Fremerey]

Andy: yes "show" not "tell", bad wording but just what I meant

[Erik Lund]

Thanks Andy, looks really good, yet another step up on the ISO game!

Hope you will enjoy it!

The WB in city mixed light is almost impossible these days, there are so many different types of light sources so it's impossible to choose a 'right' WB,,,

I find it often nice to convert to BW for scenes like these,,,