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Nikon D3100, D40 and D3 High ISO Comparison
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September 2010   Nikon D3100   Nikon D3   Nikon D40     More Nikon Reviews    Nikon Lenses

 

Look at not just the noise, which is easy for cameras to filter (or to do later in software), but also for the detail retained in my fur. Click any image to go to that camera's review.

These are crops from much larger images. The D3100 images are at 100%, and everything else is scaled to the same print size.

 

ISO 100              ISO 100   200   400   800   1,600   3,200   6,400   12,800   25,600   top

Nikon D3100

 

ISO 200              ISO 100   200   400   800   1,600   3,200   6,400   12,800   25,600   top

Nikon D3100

Nikon D3

Nikon D40

 

ISO 400              ISO 100   200   400   800   1,600   3,200   6,400   12,800   25,600   top

Nikon D3100

Nikon D3

Nikon D40

ISO 800              ISO 100   200   400   800   1,600   3,200   6,400   12,800   25,600   top

Nikon D3100

Nikon D3

Nikon D40

ISO 1,600       ISO 100   200   400   800   1,600   3,200   6,400   12,800   25,600   top

Nikon D3100

Nikon D3

Nikon D40

ISO 3,200       ISO 100   200   400   800   1,600   3,200   6,400   12,800   25,600   top

Nikon D3100

Nikon D3

Nikon D40

ISO 6,400       ISO 100   200   400   800   1,600   3,200   6,400   12,800   25,600   top

Nikon D3100

Nikon D3

ISO 12,800       ISO 100   200   400   800   1,600   3,200   6,400   12,800   25,600   top

Nikon D3100

Nikon D3

 

ISO 25,600       ISO 100   200   400   800   1,600   3,200   6,400   12,800   25,600   top

Nikon D3

 

Technik

All cameras were shot at f/8 at LARGE NORMAL JPG.

For the D3100 and D40, I shot with a Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AF-S.

For the D3, I shot a 70-180mm Micro-NIKKOR set to 80mm to get the same angle-of view.

I upsampled the D40 and D3 images to match the D3100 image, and then presented these as crops from much larger images.

 

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