D800E + Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 VRII High ISO (High School Football)

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gqtuazon

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I tried my D800E with the Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 VRII lens in DX mode to shoot our local High School football game. I've recently shot a similar game with my D7000 and Nikon 300mm f4 AFS lens on the thread below.

http://nikonites.com/d7000/16171-d7000-nikon-300mm-f4-af-s-lens-high-iso.html#axzz2e7Gotg4N

So, for those of you who have seen them, what are your thoughts? Even the slower fps of the D800E, I prefer the 1 stop advantage of the FX compared to the DX. The f2.8 lens vs f4 makes a big difference IMHO when shooting with a very challenging lighting condition. My camera was set at Auto ISO up to 6400. Shutter speed varied from 1/160 to 1/200, aperture at f2.8. Set-up included a monopod and knee pads.

Feedbacks are always welcome and appreciated.

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D8HE70200mm 238 by gqtuazon, on Flickr


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D8HE70200mm 056 by gqtuazon, on Flickr


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D8HE70200mm 025 by gqtuazon, on Flickr


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D8HE70200mm 073 by gqtuazon, on Flickr


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D8HE70200mm 119 by gqtuazon, on Flickr
 
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gqtuazon

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Krs_2007 said:
Great shots Glen. I think I asked you before but what about the d800 and 300 f4. Have you used that combo yet?
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I believe I have but the two disadvantages that it has is that it doesn't provide the versatility of the zoom when the players are too close and at f4, that's huge when shooting with low light condition.


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BackdoorArts

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Nice shots. Any additional noise reduction in CS5 or was it all in-camera? Unfortunately the non-original sized images don't carry the Exif data alone with them from Flickr so you can't see where the ISO settled on each without going back.
 
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gqtuazon

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BackdoorHippie said:
Nice shots. Any additional noise reduction in CS5 or was it all in-camera? Unfortunately the non-original sized images don't carry the Exif data alone with them from Flickr so you can't see where the ISO settled on each without going back.
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Thanks Jake. I only used the noise reduction using CS5 since they appeared to be acceptable for this type of shooting condition. With the D7000 shots, I used the Topaz Lab noise reduction software.
 
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These are awesome especially considering you used f/2.8 for all of them! Quite sharp for wide open. And with ISO up to 6400, truly remarkable! I don't know how much noise you started with before editing in CS5, but they are terrific! :D The D800E is a fantastic camera! :)
 
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gqtuazon

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hark said:
These are awesome especially considering you used f/2.8 for all of them! Quite sharp for wide open. And with ISO up to 6400, truly remarkable! I don't know how much noise you started with before editing in CS5, but they are terrific! :D The D800E is a fantastic camera! :)
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Thank you. Here is one of the images, Jpeg SOOC from the camera without PP except for the watermark. This should give you a good comparison on how well the camera performs at high ISO level.


D8HE70200mm SOOC by gqtuazon, on Flickr

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D8HE70200mm 012 by gqtuazon, on Flickr
 
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gqtuazon said:
Thanks Jake. I only used the noise reduction using CS5 since they appeared to be acceptable for this type of shooting condition. With the D7000 shots, I used the Topaz Lab noise reduction software.
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Glenn, a few questions for you--did you use Lightroom for processing any of these photos since you said you used CS5, and were they all processed as jpegs? And in your thread on the D7000, you mentioned using software called Topaz with CS5 for noise reduction. How does that compare with Lightroom's noise reduction? Does it do a better job than Lightroom when lots of noise is present?
 
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gqtuazon

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hark said:
Glenn, a few questions for you--did you use Lightroom for processing any of these photos since you said you used CS5, and were they all processed as jpegs? And in your thread on the D7000, you mentioned using software called Topaz with CS5 for noise reduction. How does that compare with Lightroom's noise reduction? Does it do a better job than Lightroom when lots of noise is present?
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All images were processed using the NEF / RAW files. I usually add contrast, black, fill light, adjust the white balance, and the CS5 noise reduction. When the noise is too much to handle, I use the Topaz labs noise reduction software which I installed with Adobe CS5. I have lightroom 4 but I am more comfortable with CS5.

Topaz DeNoise - Remove Noise, Recover Detail
 
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