Canon EOS 7D - High ISO

Nikolai

I added a whole bunch of high ISO images to
http://nik.smugmug.com/Photography/Forums-Posts/New-Canon-7D

Originals enabled.

No conversion (especially no noise reduction) done except converting from RAW to JPEG:

Here are a few samples:

#1: ISO12800



#2: ISO12800



#3: ISO12800



#4: ISO6400, outdoors



The rest is in the gallery.

This post was made with the assistance of Star*Explorer

ziggy53

Thanks Nik. Much appreciated.

Nikolai

ziggy53 wrote:

Thanks Nik. Much appreciated.

Ziggy, my pleasure!

divamum

Very helpful - thanks!

How would you compare them to the 5d2 and the 50d (since you have/have had both)?

Nikolai

divamum wrote:

Very helpful - thanks!

How would you compare them to the 5d2 and the 50d (since you have/have had both)?

You're welcome!
50D < 7D < 5D2

JohnBiggs

Thank you for sharing.

John

Ann McRae

Well, the boys practiced last night, outdoors and in virtual darkness, so I took some test shots.

300mmf4 attached to the 7D, I shot RAW/JPEG but since I have not yet updated to CS4 nor have I installed the new Canon software, I cannot convert the RAWs. I posted a handful of HIGH ISO shots in this gallery .

They are SOOC JPEGS and the originals are enabled so you can have a good look.

Let me know if you need further info.

ann

Nikolai

Ann McRae wrote:

Well, the boys practiced last night, outdoors and in virtual darkness, so I took some test shots.

300mmf4 attached to the 7D, I shot RAW/JPEG but since I have not yet updated to CS4 nor have I installed the new Canon software, I cannot convert the RAWs. I posted a handful of HIGH ISO shots in this gallery .

They are SOOC JPEGS and the originals are enabled so you can have a good look.

Let me know if you need further info.

ann

Thanks Ann!
How's AF? Fast/accurate enough? Did you use all those new fancy servo options?

Ann McRae

Nikolai wrote:

Thanks Ann!
How's AF? Fast/accurate enough? Did you use all those new fancy servo options?

AF is very fast without the TC! (no surprise really). I used AI Servo but not any of the CFns - and there are very few - I mean less than 1% shots missed due to mis-focus. That is way better than the 1dMkIIN. Impressive when you think about it.

ziggy53

Ann McRae wrote:

AF is very fast without the TC! (no surprise really). I used AI Servo but not any of the CFns - and there are very few - I mean less than 1% shots missed due to mis-focus. That is way better than the 1dMkIIN. Impressive when you think about it.

That's nothing short of amazing.

Nikolai

Ann McRae wrote:

AF is very fast without the TC! (no surprise really). I used AI Servo but not any of the CFns - and there are very few - I mean less than 1% shots missed due to mis-focus. That is way better than the 1dMkIIN. Impressive when you think about it.

Better than 1DMkIIn?? Wow, that's something!
Looks like 7D just leveled playing field, so to speak.
I now wonder what are they (Canon) gonna put into 1D series bodies to justify the price difference...

ziggy53

Nikolai wrote:

Better than 1DMkIIn?? Wow, that's something!
Looks like 7D just leveled playing field, so to speak.
I now wonder what are they (Canon) gonna put into 1D series bodies to justify the price difference...

You and me both.

Baldy

Very helpful stuff, thanks everyone!

Ric Grupe

Ann McRae wrote:

That is way better than the 1dMkIIN. Impressive when you think about it.

You're trying to get me to $pend aren't you Ann?!:D

That's a pretty bold statement.

insanefred

thanks.

It seems to me (from all the samples I've seen so far) the 7D gets pretty soft after ISO 800.
Unusable by ISO 3200.

Nikolai

insanefred wrote:

thanks.

It seems to me (from all the samples I've seen so far) the 7D gets pretty soft after ISO 800.
Unusable by ISO 3200.

I would't hurry to cast such type of a judgement just yet. The samples you've seen are not real life ones. They are for lab analysis, not for art critiques. Nobody in their holy mind would actually present this as their final work. The images can be cleaned up and sharpended, thus made useful. Considering the environement I took mines at (dark room) - three years ago you woundn't be able to capture anything at all at this level of darkness.
"Unusable" - it's all in the workflow...

Ann McRae

Nikolai wrote:

"Unusable" - it's all in the workflow...

I realize my shots are unprocessed jpegs, but the RAWs can easily have the exposure corrected and they are in focus. I expect they will be sharp too.

Divamum asked for samples that are underexposed, and these be them!

ann

insanefred

Nikolai wrote:

I would't hurry to cast such type of a judgement just yet. The samples you've seen are not real life ones. They are for lab analysis, not for art critiques. Nobody in their holy mind would actually present this as their final work. The images can be cleaned up and sharpended, thus made useful. Considering the environement I took mines at (dark room) - three years ago you woundn't be able to capture anything at all at this level of darkness.
"Unusable" - it's all in the workflow...

I have already learned not to base judgment on lab tests.