Night Test Shot with Nikon D5000 @ Marina Barrage

[zola70]

Hi,

For those who are planning to get Nikon D5000 and wants to see how the night shot perform, here are some test shots from my D5000 taken @ Marina Barrage on last Friday evening. All EXIF are still intact, no PP just resizing & signature input.

All photos are shot with Nikkor 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6 VR lens on tripod with VR off except #12 & #13 handheld.


Here's Part I of the photos:

Part I
#01

#02

#03

#04

 

[zola70]

Here's Part II :

Part II
#05

#06

#07

#08

 

[zola70]

And here's Part III :

Part III
#09

#10

#11

 

[zola70]

Lastly here's Part IV with high ISO test shot, handheld without tripod.

Part IV - High ISO test shots
#12 - ISO 3200

#13 - ISO 1600

 

[dlcmh]

Very nice tones, colours and composition!

Did you use one of the scene modes, or PASM?

Thanks!

 

[dlcmh]

Ooops, sorry - the EXIF is still intact, and visible in Nikon Capture NX2.

Impressive settings you've dialled in there - congrats!

 

[zola70]

Ooops, sorry - the EXIF is still intact, and visible in Nikon Capture NX2.

Impressive settings you've dialled in there - congrats!

Thanks for your comment & viewing. Most of the shots are shot in "M" mode except #12 & #13 shot in "P" mode.

 

[princej]

Very nice.:thumbsup:

Thanks for the test shots. Luv it:heart:

So whats ur personal opinion on this camera? Care to share?

TIA

 

[zola70]

Very nice.:thumbsup:

Thanks for the test shots. Luv it:heart:

So whats ur personal opinion on this camera? Care to share?

TIA

First of all thanks for viewing & the comment.

Have been using it for about 1½ mths, I would say it's a great & excellent DSLR after downgrading from D200. It's light weight & easy to lug around if you don't mind the plastic body. At least I didn't really miss my D200 features in the D5000. Most important I still get back my 11 AF-point, CAM1000 plus some of the customise setting in the menu. The image quality and contrast is good & an impressive high ISO performance, thanks to the new CMOS sensor replacing the CCD. Surpisingly AF is still fast although it doesn't have a built-in AF-motor. The battery life is so much better then my previous D200.

The only set back is the live view mode, the AF is slow & sometimes hunts in low light. Anyway I can go without it. Lastly, video mode wasn't that good, my LX3 can do better.

All-in-all I should give a :thumbsup::thumbsup: DSLR. Alot improvement over the D40 & D60.

 

[Francis247]

Thanks for sharing the results.

 

[Simon_84]

a possible replacement for my d40...

 

[zola70]

a possible replacement for my d40...

Yes, it about time to replace your D40. :thumbsup:

 

[shaoken]

Nice shots! :thumbsup:

The noise at ISO 3200 seems to be good.
Not very noisy..

 

[zola70]

Nice shots! :thumbsup:

The noise at ISO 3200 seems to be good.
Not very noisy..

Thanks for your comment & viewing.

The high ISO up to 3200 is indeed very good & usable.

 

[HeiPiGu]

I'm really impressed with the image quality of shot #1. Really impressed :thumbsup:

Do you mind posing a 100% crop for pic no.1?

 

[zola70]

I'm really impressed with the image quality of shot #1. Really impressed :thumbsup:

Do you mind posing a 100% crop for pic no.1?

Thanks for your comment & viewing.

Here's a 100% crop for pic #01.

 

[HeiPiGu]

Hi, thanks for the cropped image, that location is exactly where I hoped to view!

With images like this, especially when no PP is done, the gear you have is a great combo. Amazing performance :thumbsup:

 

[zola70]

Hi, thanks for the cropped image, that location is exactly where I hoped to view!

With images like this, especially when no PP is done, the gear you have is a great combo. Amazing performance :thumbsup:

Thank you.

 

[Nemo2003]

Wah! Swee...:thumbsup::thumbsup:

D5000 is really impressive. Guess I'll go for D5000 instead of D90 & save $$$ to invest AF-S lenses.

 

[dni423]

beautiful night shots!!