This is continuation of Part 5 – Indoor Low Light

I took  photos in the following conditions.. Printed them at the equivalent size of 16×20. I let the camera choose the shutter speed and ISO.

Scenario	Olympus	Nikon	Conclusion
Inside train at night time			Identical, ISO2000 of D810 is same as ISO800 from Pen-F.
Near the window shade with natural light	ISO200,f/2.8,1/60	ISO 400,f/4, 1/60	Olympus , most likely at f/2.8 the lens is sharper than f/4 nikkor
Day time inside the house	ISO 1600, f/2.8, 1/13	ISO 7200, f/4, 1/25	Olympus , ISO 1600 at m4/3 kind of equals ISO 5000 with this lens.
Daytime with the face in dark shadows	ISO 200, f/2.8, 1/640 sec	ISO 200, f/4, 1/200th sec	Nikon, at same ISO there is no comparison with FF for pulling the shadows
Daytime outside with proper lighting	ISO 200, f/2.8, 1/400 sec	ISO 200, f/4, 1/320th sec	Identical , when the lighting is proper and no tonal adjustments are needed, theres noting much in FF other than able to make larger prints
Nighttime portrait with the skyline	ISO 640, f/4, 0.6 sec	ISO 3200, f/5.6 , 1/4th of sec	Used fill flash. Liked the results  Olympus better, m4/3 has better DoF to keep both People and background city slightly in focus
Nighttime inside restaurant	ISO 12800, f/4 and 1/15th of sec	ISO 1600, f/1.4 and 1/15th of sec	This I cheated with f/1.4 prime for m4/3
Nighttime inside the house	ISO 1600, 1/80th	ISO 1600, 1/50th of sec	Nikon,
Sporting action indoors			Neither,I shot at max of 1/250th of second, Which is too slow for what I wanted to capture. Need faster better zoom.

This photo is with a tour group with city skyline in the background. To get reasonable focus on the buildings, I have to use f/8 or at least f/5.6 which forces higher ISO to capture enough citi lights. Can’t also use longer shutter speed, as street lights will cause a blur on faces.  This is one of the places m4/3 sensor with small sensor has advantage over the bigger sensor. 

Conclusion:

Nikon combo holds the advantage only when the light is unfavorable and I had to lot of photoshop work to do correct the shadows. If not i would prefer to keep m4/3 combo with me, just because at f/4 the 24-120mm is not that great.

This is where there is no real usage of better Image Stabilization with m4/3 body as I hardly go slower than 1/30th of second.

My Preference : Either.. just has to use to better technique to get the right image

Next .. Outdoor City Lights