Problem with 5DmkIII sensor at high ISO?

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TrumpetPower! said:
So, for everybody else, like me, who has nothing better to do on a Thursday evening than to take out-of-focus high-ISO macro shots of the inside of your lens cap...

...turn high ISO noise reduction to ON, and compare a shot taken at 0"8 with one at 1". The former will have the magenta lower-right corner, but the latter will have more noise overall.

What will this demonstrate?

Why, of course, that you, like me, need to get a life. Or, at the very least, find (or make) some decent light to shoot in, and at least a marginally more interesting subject.
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Maybe to you it demonstrates that you need to get a life. But there's nothing wrong with the OP or the question. And your sarcasm won't do anything except cause inflammatory feelings. Maybe that's your intention? If not, then why the sarcasm? You won't change anything by telling people to get a life. If posts or topics like this really bother you so much, then why do you continue reading it?

Hopefully CHPatent learned something from Drewskers' comments.
 
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RyanDavis200 said:
Wow, the amount of pixel peep-age dork-age around here is unreal. It's 100k ISO!?! Who cares, why are you shooting that high?? Stop spending 10 hours a week trolling forums about your pixels and buy a 2.8 lens.

Why does that bother you so much?
 
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Drewskers said:
This is colloquially known as "amp glow".
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Those that have answered your post with the standard "pixel-peeping" and "measurebating" ridicule are demonstrating a high degree of intellectual immaturity (AKA ignorance).

Hey thanks for a very constructive response...on both fronts no less!
 
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Iahcon said:
Hey Stephen, I really dig that second photo you posted!

Thanks! That was taken in my pitch-black bathroom. Lighting was from a parking garage a full block away -- about 150 yards. I showed her the screen, and she was amazed, because the photo has more detail than we could make out with our eyes. The metering worked well, too. It was shot at 1/25 at f/1.4, which I guess makes this the absolute minimum amount of light I could shoot the camera hand held.

As for the other photo, well there's been a real shortage of cat pictures from the new camera. ;)
 
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Drewskers said:
This is colloquially known as "amp glow".

Drewskers- thank you for the very thoughtful explanation! That was extremely helpful and makes a lot of sense. It seems fairly clear to me that the effect is expected and apart from the fact that the message was delivered with varying degrees of snark here, I doubt it will be of any practical concern. I did laugh out loud at the " ISO elebenty brazilian" comment.
 
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Stephen Melvin said:
Iahcon said:
Hey Stephen, I really dig that second photo you posted!

Thanks! That was taken in my pitch-black bathroom. Lighting was from a parking garage a full block away -- about 150 yards. I showed her the screen, and she was amazed, because the photo has more detail than we could make out with our eyes. The metering worked well, too. It was shot at 1/25 at f/1.4, which I guess makes this the absolute minimum amount of light I could shoot the camera hand held.

As for the other photo, well there's been a real shortage of cat pictures from the new camera. ;)

My first shots with the camera were of my new kitten... To be honest the kitty makes more noise then the camera. http://www.timothycapp.com/blog/new-kitten/
 
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pakosouthpark said:
lol people saying dont worry too much.. ????

THEY PAID 3500$ for it!!! and the camera has this kinda of problems..

That's like complaining that the $3500 oven you just bought tops out at 500F...who the hell cares, lets apply a little logic here and a little less MTV teen mom drama
 
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Tcapp said:
Stephen Melvin said:
Iahcon said:
Hey Stephen, I really dig that second photo you posted!

Thanks! That was taken in my pitch-black bathroom. Lighting was from a parking garage a full block away -- about 150 yards. I showed her the screen, and she was amazed, because the photo has more detail than we could make out with our eyes. The metering worked well, too. It was shot at 1/25 at f/1.4, which I guess makes this the absolute minimum amount of light I could shoot the camera hand held.

As for the other photo, well there's been a real shortage of cat pictures from the new camera. ;)

My first shots with the camera were of my new kitten... To be honest the kitty makes more noise then the camera. http://www.timothycapp.com/blog/new-kitten/

Aww! What an adorable kitty.
 
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I looked closely at some images that had a white wall and could see the pink in the lower RH corner even at ISO 12800. I had noticed something not quite right with the right top and bottom corners, but now that I've looked, it is AMP glow. Supposedly, that went away with the move to CMOS. It was quite noticible with the CCD sensors and long exposures, but with ISO 12800 and a 1/40 sec exposure, I'm suprised to see it.

Here is a image. Note, it was in my laundry room at night with lights off and the lighting was about -1 LV, and was darker on the right side due to light coming down a hall at right angles and the doorway shading a room that was almost totally dark anyway.


All my low light test images had a slight pink tinge in the lower RH corner, and to some extent in the upper RH corner. The one below shows it the most.

I wonder if this will be a big problem for astronomers, I would certainly think so.

ISO 12600 1/40 sec






ISO 51200

 
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