{"id":948,"date":"2014-05-06T16:57:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T20:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmphotography.goodgallery.com\/blog\/?p=948"},"modified":"2015-02-19T14:38:17","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T19:38:17","slug":"nikon-d4s-a-few-observations-philadelphia-wedding-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmphotography.com\/blog\/nikon-d4s-a-few-observations-philadelphia-wedding-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikon D4S – Observations by A Philadelphia Wedding Photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Can I capture an image I wouldn’t be able to make with another piece of equipment?”\u2026. That’s generally the question I ask myself when I think about a new piece of gear. There are certain things in my bag that I’ll rely upon- right until there may be something better- with the exception of my Nikkor 28 1.4D\u2026 that’s never leaving my bag, but I digress\u2026. One of the benefits of shooting so many frames during the year- I estimate that number to be roughly around 250,000 frames per year or so- I get a good feel for what my gear is capable of. Each flagship body from Nikon does a little something different, and the Nikon D4S simply allows me to make pictures I have never been able to make before. <\/p>\n

Yeah, I know, many will say that since I’m a Nikon Ambassador United States, and that I wouldn’t say anything else. If you know me personally, you know that I wouldn’t say it if I didn’t mean it. The responsiveness- specifically the decisive focus system, the sharpness of the files and the high ISO performance make this camera the absolute perfect wedding photography camera. I presently use one Nikon D4S<\/a>\t along side Nikon D4 bodies, and I feel like I have the ideal tools. Within the next few months, I’ll be doing a Kelby One video on what’s in my bag and how I use everything. <\/p>\n

I want to be clear that I’m not going to do any type of review of theD4S<\/a>\t , for obvious reasons, but every once in a while I’d like to share some things that I observe about this new beast. Below is an image I captured at a recent wedding. It was at the Westin Philadelphia<\/a>\t, and they were serving dinner to all of the guests. I noticed the bride was in some nice back light, and she and her new husband were whispering to one another. While I knew the light level was quite low, the quality of the light wasn’t too bad. I was really just playing around, but I set the ISO on the D4S to 20,000 and fired off a few frames. Yes, I said 20,000. Now, heard this camera could go up to some silly high ISO’s, but I never dreamed that I’d make quality wedding images at 20,000. The proof is in the pudding. My mind was blown. <\/p>\n

Below, you’ll see the image shot at 20,000 with Lightroom at default settings and slight adjustments- but no further noise reduction was used. The 100% crop is included below. The image was shot at 1\/160th @ F2.8 at ISO 20,000.<\/p>\n

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