Medium format cameras (ie. Hasselblad) had this since 1997. You could select higher res or 1:1 color sampling (no debayering). All cameras with censor stabilization can implement this through software. Older digital backs could move the whole back (within a large format camera) to produce a 4x higher resolution.
I am using this with the OM-1 in camera. It produces a 44 MP file in handheld and 80 MP on tripod. However it is also pushing up the dynamic range signifficantly. Accordig to "photonstophotos" it goes from 9.5 stops at ISO 200 to 11.5 stops. At ISO 1600 from 7.1 to 9.8 stops. Hights that you'd rather expect from medium format cameras. And yes there is the caveat of "no movement". However as Scott says this is not a problem for landscape photography.
@@davidlewis5929 Actually it works really well so long as you don't have any foreground movement. I also find it works well for shooting flowing water, where the tripod mode is like using a 3 stop ND. Panasonic took it one step further and uses one of the frames to correct for minor movement.
@@robertpanick2660 "Works really well" means that you can take that 80mpx landscape shot and sell a 5m print of it and your client paying you 20k dollars won't be upset when he looks from up close and sees an artefact on a tree branch 2km away. If this level of confidence isn't there, then it's not working really well.
@@robertpanick2660 agreed. I've been using the "tripod mode" for some time (with landscapes) and it works very well. With vegetation, you need to be careful of the wind moving branches, but things like seaside photos where sea stacks are often stationary, there's no problem. The Micro Four Nerds lady also reported that hi-res mode on the OM-1 II is even better at reducing noise than the V1. And yes, Panasonic has stolen something of a march on OMDS by compensating for small movements, but my guess is that there will be some catch up taking place at some stage.
My almost 9 years old Pentax K-1 has this with motion correction. It doesn't rise the resolution (but 36mpix is more than enough for me) but color rendition (the sensor moves one pivel at a time "canceling" the Bayer filter), dynamic range (that was amazing on the Sony 36mpix sensor to begin with), sharpness and noise improve a lot (just look at samples from dpreview). Add that to sensor Horizon Correction, Astrotracer and weather sealling and it's the almost perfect camera (it would be perfect if it was some 200g lighter) for lanscape photography.
I’ve used pixel shift on my Fujifilm cameras but due to the need for subject and subject to remain still it has limited application for me. I can get similar benefits with DXO and Topaz - which for me is more practical. However, I think the potential for the pixel shift technology mixed with AI, to compensate for motion, could result in great image quality improvements in the future.
Many you-tubers viciously attacked Canon for their implementation of pixel shift which yielded a 400 megapixel jpeg. Their stupid panning of a good capability has resulted in Canon pulling the feature from their new cameras.. Another disgrace for TH-cam publishers.
Ive used picel shift on my Pentax DSLR cameras it does it in camera ive used it for full moon shots and landscapes. Ive always used it tripod mounted the pictures are amazing
Good stuff Scott. I've tried it with my Z8 and it does look interesting, but the images taken at ISO 64 (base) look pretty similar compared to the combined 32 images using pixel shift. Of course, the resulting files are MUCH bigger 🙂
@@WildlifeInspired Thank you for the reply. Video would be very helpful. Do understand that stacking few hundred frames with darks and lights in a special programe would help but does a simple 5 image bracket improve noise quality?
I use pixel shift for art reproduction and studio shots on my Leica SL2. Wonderful technology. Usually use high powered LED lighting and cross polarization for art reproduction.
Canon added this to the R5 in a firmware update. There aren't any options and it produces a 400MP JPG in camera. Is Nikon giving you RAW or is it also JPG only? I think we'll really see this catch on if/when they are able to compensate for some subject movement. I think I tried it once and then forgot about it.
Both Nikon and Sony cannot process the files in-camera, so they are just individual raws. For Nikon, NX Studio can combine the images and outputs a special raw format called .NEFX, which can be converted to DNG if your post-processing programs can't read it natively.
Pixel shift is really only good for studio stuff and not really landscape. The issue with landscape is that to the human eye you may perceive an area to be still but that is only because our eyes are not all that great (I have 20/12 vision), the sensor will see the ever so slight movement in the scene and those slight movements will appear on the combined pixel shifted image. Any spot that has movement has a very odd appearance. I've tried pixel shift for a few years now and only studio stuff comes out well. The best use of pixel shift is in image reproduction of artwork or studio still life.
I've played around with Pixel-shift on Fuji X-H1 and later A7RV. Pretty fun. But, it falls into the same category as HDR/Focus-stacking, a niche application. AI noise reduction & upscaling while not the same level of quality is quicker to use.
BTW: Hasselblad pioneered this technology some fifteen years ago with their $44,000 H series multi shot camera back. Now that it has found its way into $1-2k cameras perhaps they will put it into their better selling model.
very interesting , like you, not sure it would benefit my wildlife images. But it sounds like the quad bayer sensor of the dji mini 4 pro drone. I prefer the RAW 20mg images on my Mavic3's 4/3 sensor. Maybe for landscape photography, or astrophotographers. I like your content ,you make me think more in-depth about taking photos!
I borrowed a Nikon Z8 to experiment and to experience the use of Pixel Shift. ..... My mistake.....I really enjoyed using it to very good effect. However, I had to give the Z8 back and I am left with my Nikon Z9 which may never inherit Pixel Shift. An expensive road to go down to have to purchase a Z6-111 or a Z8 in order to enjoy this feature. So very frustrating......
@WildlifeInspired Hmmm ...I wish...The Z9 has just received firmware version 5.1 which is based mainly for video shooting but sadly no sign of Pixel Shift for any stills shooting. Maybe it will happen but it might come with the successor to the Z9... namely Z9-11. I cannot moan too much. For me the Z9 is fantastic and my NEED for Pixel Shift does not exceed my WANT for it. Just a little disappointed that it has not come to the Z9
I got click baited, actually image baited, the thumbnail had a bird, and thought that finally the technology was usable.... taking multiple shots and averaging in post to reduce noise is been around for long time, if I remember correctly it was a feature on PS CS6 already... extra resolution same thing, just mount a longer focal and take multiple shots to stitch in post.... until it can be used hand-held with NOT completely static subjects and possibly with flash, it is a gimmick. The only advantage of more MP on sensor is in terms of cropability, prints wise it might have a 2% benefit if you print larger than 24x36 inches for an exhibition and you need to please the odd pixel peeper, more MP better prints is one of those myths propagated by those that have never printed an image
Here's a suggestion...Take 10 minutes to research how this works before making the video. You won't have to apologize multiple times for not knowing. Plus, it will be useful for the viewers.
Nikon and Canon guys really get to discover things after Olympus has been using them for years and their tribes have been decrying them as not real photography or a not necessary on TH-cam or camera web sites. I know. I have been seeing it for over 10 years. Then one or the other implements one of the long established Micro Four Thirds features and the tribes go into raptures as if its something new, forgetting they have often been rubbishing it for a long time, often years at the behest of Nikon and Canon so they are all on the same "brand song sheet". I suggest that both Nikon and Canon users go look at MFT cameras and discover what they will be told is "new" and a fantastic feature sometime in the future. And realise they have been sorely out of date for eons and led astray by followers of Nikon and Canon and their resellers. Particularly in the USA.
Dude if you wanted to use a pixel shift for the first time on a Nikon then you should have used a Pentax even the old Pentax K-70 has pixel shift I know I use it and on the K1 Mark II has pixel shift so does the K3 Mark III and the K3 monochrome matter of fact pixel shift was invented from Pentax cameras
Let me google Pentax market share. This is still a early generation of tech for many manufactures and as a NIkon user, only a few models are offering it at all.
Medium format cameras (ie. Hasselblad) had this since 1997. You could select higher res or 1:1 color sampling (no debayering). All cameras with censor stabilization can implement this through software. Older digital backs could move the whole back (within a large format camera) to produce a 4x higher resolution.
I am using this with the OM-1 in camera. It produces a 44 MP file in handheld and 80 MP on tripod. However it is also pushing up the dynamic range signifficantly. Accordig to "photonstophotos" it goes from 9.5 stops at ISO 200 to 11.5 stops. At ISO 1600 from 7.1 to 9.8 stops. Hights that you'd rather expect from medium format cameras. And yes there is the caveat of "no movement". However as Scott says this is not a problem for landscape photography.
Pixel shift doesn't work well for landscape as our eyes don't pick up the slight movements but the sensors don't miss them.
@@davidlewis5929 Actually it works really well so long as you don't have any foreground movement. I also find it works well for shooting flowing water, where the tripod mode is like using a 3 stop ND. Panasonic took it one step further and uses one of the frames to correct for minor movement.
Even for landscape photography is such a challenge to get an artifact/ghosting free image particularly in foliage due to wind
@@robertpanick2660 "Works really well" means that you can take that 80mpx landscape shot and sell a 5m print of it and your client paying you 20k dollars won't be upset when he looks from up close and sees an artefact on a tree branch 2km away. If this level of confidence isn't there, then it's not working really well.
@@robertpanick2660 agreed. I've been using the "tripod mode" for some time (with landscapes) and it works very well. With vegetation, you need to be careful of the wind moving branches, but things like seaside photos where sea stacks are often stationary, there's no problem. The Micro Four Nerds lady also reported that hi-res mode on the OM-1 II is even better at reducing noise than the V1. And yes, Panasonic has stolen something of a march on OMDS by compensating for small movements, but my guess is that there will be some catch up taking place at some stage.
My 2015 Olympus E-M5 ii has it built-in. You have to watch out for wind moving trees in landscape.
My almost 9 years old Pentax K-1 has this with motion correction. It doesn't rise the resolution (but 36mpix is more than enough for me) but color rendition (the sensor moves one pivel at a time "canceling" the Bayer filter), dynamic range (that was amazing on the Sony 36mpix sensor to begin with), sharpness and noise improve a lot (just look at samples from dpreview). Add that to sensor Horizon Correction, Astrotracer and weather sealling and it's the almost perfect camera (it would be perfect if it was some 200g lighter) for lanscape photography.
Astrophotographers have been doing this for years. It is called "dithering and stacking".
Thanks. I know camera have been doing this for years, but many of the companies are just adding this into the mix.
The 4-shot pixel shift completely removes moire, and also improves colors and reduces noise.
I’ve used pixel shift on my Fujifilm cameras but due to the need for subject and subject to remain still it has limited application for me. I can get similar benefits with DXO and Topaz - which for me is more practical.
However, I think the potential for the pixel shift technology mixed with AI, to compensate for motion, could result in great image quality improvements in the future.
Many you-tubers viciously attacked Canon for their implementation of pixel shift which yielded a 400 megapixel jpeg. Their stupid panning of a good capability has resulted in Canon pulling the feature from their new cameras.. Another disgrace for TH-cam publishers.
When did this happen? What was the youtubers' problem?
Very well done , Scott !! Thank you!!.👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very nice. What is the Filter you are using to make those comparisons??
It's a photoshop filter I made. I show the filter and a tons more on my patreon site. Link is in description.
Ive used picel shift on my Pentax DSLR cameras it does it in camera ive used it for full moon shots and landscapes. Ive always used it tripod mounted the pictures are amazing
Its an amazing tech! Not quite new but pretty amazing. I have it on my Olympus EM5-MKII from 2015
Nikon new! lol
Good stuff Scott. I've tried it with my Z8 and it does look interesting, but the images taken at ISO 64 (base) look pretty similar compared to the combined 32 images using pixel shift. Of course, the resulting files are MUCH bigger 🙂
thanks, immediatly wondered about this.
Just curious, does stacking bracketed exposures in Lightroom also help with reducing noise?
Any input would be appreciated
Maybe I'll do a video. But in a way yes. Astrophotographers use a technique like this to lower noise in their final output by using multiple frames
@@WildlifeInspired Thank you for the reply. Video would be very helpful. Do understand that stacking few hundred frames with darks and lights in a special programe would help but does a simple 5 image bracket improve noise quality?
My used Lumix G9 has an HDR feature and the pixel shifting feature. Because the IBIS is so good, I have never bothered to use them
I use pixel shift for art reproduction and studio shots on my Leica SL2. Wonderful technology. Usually use high powered LED lighting and cross polarization for art reproduction.
Thanks for sharing!
The final image from Nikon pixel shifting is not usable. When zooming in, there are light pixels grids on the image. Does anyone see that issue?
I will look closer as I did not notice it in software, maybe the recording of the video screen ?
@@WildlifeInspired Please do,Scott!!.
Canon added this to the R5 in a firmware update. There aren't any options and it produces a 400MP JPG in camera. Is Nikon giving you RAW or is it also JPG only?
I think we'll really see this catch on if/when they are able to compensate for some subject movement. I think I tried it once and then forgot about it.
Both Nikon and Sony cannot process the files in-camera, so they are just individual raws. For Nikon, NX Studio can combine the images and outputs a special raw format called .NEFX, which can be converted to DNG if your post-processing programs can't read it natively.
Pixel shift is really only good for studio stuff and not really landscape. The issue with landscape is that to the human eye you may perceive an area to be still but that is only because our eyes are not all that great (I have 20/12 vision), the sensor will see the ever so slight movement in the scene and those slight movements will appear on the combined pixel shifted image. Any spot that has movement has a very odd appearance. I've tried pixel shift for a few years now and only studio stuff comes out well.
The best use of pixel shift is in image reproduction of artwork or studio still life.
very good point.... thoughts on use for macro?
I've played around with Pixel-shift on Fuji X-H1 and later A7RV. Pretty fun. But, it falls into the same category as HDR/Focus-stacking, a niche application. AI noise reduction & upscaling while not the same level of quality is quicker to use.
BTW: Hasselblad pioneered this technology some fifteen years ago with their $44,000 H series multi shot camera back. Now that it has found its way into $1-2k cameras perhaps they will put it into their better selling model.
very interesting , like you, not sure it would benefit my wildlife images.
But it sounds like the quad bayer sensor of the dji mini 4 pro drone. I prefer the RAW 20mg images on my Mavic3's 4/3 sensor.
Maybe for landscape photography, or astrophotographers.
I like your content ,you make me think more in-depth about taking photos!
Thanks!
I borrowed a Nikon Z8 to experiment and to experience the use of Pixel Shift. .....
My mistake.....I really enjoyed using it to very good effect. However, I had to give the Z8 back and I am left with my Nikon Z9 which may never inherit Pixel Shift. An expensive road to go down to have to purchase a Z6-111 or a Z8 in order to enjoy this feature. So very frustrating......
firmware soon?
For a macro photographer, it may be well worth it to get z6iii as a backup at the same time.
@@WildlifeInspiredCall your connection in Nikon ,let's get in in the Z9,Scott!!.
@WildlifeInspired Hmmm ...I wish...The Z9 has just received firmware version 5.1 which is based mainly for video shooting but sadly no sign of Pixel Shift for any stills shooting. Maybe it will happen but it might come with the successor to the Z9... namely Z9-11. I cannot moan too much. For me the Z9 is fantastic and my NEED for Pixel Shift does not exceed my WANT for it. Just a little disappointed that it has not come to the Z9
sounds like a micro focus stack
Following with interest but maybe above my payscale😊
I got click baited, actually image baited, the thumbnail had a bird, and thought that finally the technology was usable....
taking multiple shots and averaging in post to reduce noise is been around for long time, if I remember correctly it was a feature on PS CS6 already...
extra resolution same thing, just mount a longer focal and take multiple shots to stitch in post....
until it can be used hand-held with NOT completely static subjects and possibly with flash, it is a gimmick.
The only advantage of more MP on sensor is in terms of cropability, prints wise it might have a 2% benefit if you print larger than 24x36 inches for an exhibition and you need to please the odd pixel peeper, more MP better prints is one of those myths propagated by those that have never printed an image
Here's a suggestion...Take 10 minutes to research how this works before making the video. You won't have to apologize multiple times for not knowing. Plus, it will be useful for the viewers.
Nice, I just thought it increased the size.
Pixel shift has been around a long, long time on other makes. Nothing new here, except maybe for Nikon users.
I knew the tech was around in other bodies but honestly had no idea Hasselblad had had this for 15 years!
Nikon and Canon guys really get to discover things after Olympus has been using them for years and their tribes have been decrying them as not real photography or a not necessary on TH-cam or camera web sites. I know. I have been seeing it for over 10 years. Then one or the other implements one of the long established Micro Four Thirds features and the tribes go into raptures as if its something new, forgetting they have often been rubbishing it for a long time, often years at the behest of Nikon and Canon so they are all on the same "brand song sheet".
I suggest that both Nikon and Canon users go look at MFT cameras and discover what they will be told is "new" and a fantastic feature sometime in the future. And realise they have been sorely out of date for eons and led astray by followers of Nikon and Canon and their resellers. Particularly in the USA.
misleading to have a photo of a bird on the headline
Very fair! I never considered it.
Dude if you wanted to use a pixel shift for the first time on a Nikon then you should have used a Pentax even the old Pentax K-70 has pixel shift I know I use it and on the K1 Mark II has pixel shift so does the K3 Mark III and the K3 monochrome matter of fact pixel shift was invented from Pentax cameras
Let me google Pentax market share. This is still a early generation of tech for many manufactures and as a NIkon user, only a few models are offering it at all.
@WildlifeInspired
Pixel shift has been around since 2014 from Pentax cameras or slightly earlier 2012 I think it was