Canon 5D Mark II vs Canon 1D X: Underexposed Night Shots

Tonight I finally had some down time.... at 2am.  I decided to test out the ISO noise comparison between the Canon 5D Mark II and the newly arrived Canon 1D X.  The differences are definitely noticeable and become even more striking as that ISO ramps up.  I was surprised, and very pleased, so see such an improvement even at ISO 100 in terms of noise and even sharpness.

All photos were shot at about 2am (no street lights on this street)

85mm lens at f/2
Linear Tone Curve
Camera Standard Profile
Lens Correction (minus Vignetting)
Un-cropped.  (99% of the time my photos are not viewed at their highest resolution unless they are printed. So i might run another comparison with blowing the 1D X photos up to the 5D Mark II megapixel size before saving it for web, to get a more scientific side by side. However, this is a more practical side for typical photo use)

 5D Mark II                                                                       1D X

(Click to see larger image)

100 ISO

Cora Skinner - Next Model Management

It has been a while since my last photo shoot post! (Well, I'm a photographer not a writer, haha!)  There's nothing like an absolutely fantastic photo shoot to get you back in the mood to share more details with the world!

Nice day for a rooftop pool shoot, don't you think?

Rissi - Dance Portraits

This weekend I had one of the most fun, and most physically demanding shoots of my life. 2.5 mile round-trip, hike through nature and hills, carrying 30 lbs of gear! I feel the final photos really reflect the all of the work the model, my assistant, and myself put in to this.

Starting the hike to our first location

Photographing the Female Form As a Christian

This post was several months in the making. It was actually this topic that inspired me to really start my blog. Or at the very least I knew would be a great blog entry, that hopefully would spark conversation as well as let people know where I stand by expaining my thoughts and rationale. It has been sitting in my "to be published" section of posts for a while now, and I felt it was finally ready to post; perhaps even overdue.  So without further ado, here it is...