Photographers: Nikon D3s vs D800 vs D600 vs D5100 high ISO comparison
This is a fairly geeky post so if you want to read on be warned 🙂 Here I’m comparing my Nikon cameras and their high ISO settings.
We start off with all 4 Nikon dSLRs I use. Nikon D3s, Nikon D800, Nikon D600, Nikon D5100. starting from ISO200 and up to the maximum ISO (only the d3s goes to ISO 102,400 – this is crazy iso!) The megapixel count is. 12mpx, 36mpx, 24mpx, 16mpx. 3FX cameras and 1 DX camera. It’s interesting to see how they all react. Note some of the colour cast is because of the fluorescent lighting in the studio. so please discount that when having a look.
Interestingly the D3S and D600 had similar sensitivity with base exposure being 1/8th @ ISO200. The D800 and 5200 were both slightly more sensive 1/3rd a stop as they required 1/10th @ ISO200.
Take a look below and let me know in the comments what you think.
I’m also going to make available the unsharpened JPGS from these tests at fullsize – so leave your contact details in the comments and I’ll add you to the share 🙂
Enjoy camera geeks.
.jpg "NIKON D3S_ISO 200_1-8 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D3S_ISO 200
.jpg "NIKON D600_ISO 200_1-8 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D600_ISO 200
.jpg "NIKON D800_ISO 200_1-10 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D800_ISO 200
.jpg "NIKON D5100_ISO 200_1-10 sec at f - 5.6-2")
NIKON D5100_ISO 200
.jpg "NIKON D3S_ISO 400_1-15 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D3S_ISO 400
.jpg "NIKON D600_ISO 400_1-15 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D600_ISO 400
.jpg "NIKON D800_ISO 400_1-20 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D800_ISO 400
.jpg "NIKON D5100_ISO 400_1-20 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D5100_ISO 400
.jpg "NIKON D3S_ISO 800_1-30 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D3S_ISO 800
.jpg "NIKON D600_ISO 800_1-30 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D600_ISO 800
.jpg "NIKON D800_ISO 800_1-40 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D800_ISO 800
.jpg "NIKON D5100_ISO 800_1-40 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D5100_ISO 800
.jpg "NIKON D3S_ISO 1600_1-60 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D3S_ISO 1600
.jpg "NIKON D600_ISO 1600_1-60 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D600_ISO 1600
.jpg "NIKON D800_ISO 1600_1-80 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D800_ISO 1600
.jpg "NIKON D5100_ISO 1600_1-80 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D5100_ISO 1600
.jpg "NIKON D3S_ISO 3200_1-125 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D3S_ISO 3200
.jpg "NIKON D600_ISO 3200_1-125 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D600_ISO 3200
.jpg "NIKON D800_ISO 3200_1-160 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D800_ISO 3200
.jpg "NIKON D5100_ISO 3200_1-160 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D5100_ISO 3200
.jpg "NIKON D3S_ISO 6400_1-250 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D3S_ISO 6400
.jpg "NIKON D600_ISO 6400_1-250 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D600_ISO 6400
.jpg "NIKON D800_ISO 6400_1-320 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D800_ISO 6400
.jpg "NIKON D5100_ISO 6400_1-320 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D5100_ISO 6400
.jpg "NIKON D3S_ISO 12800_1-500 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D3S_ISO 12800
.jpg "NIKON D600_ISO 12800_1-500 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D600_ISO 12800
.jpg "NIKON D800_ISO 12800_1-640 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D800_ISO 12800
.jpg "NIKON D5100_ISO 12800_1-500 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D5100_ISO 12800
.jpg "NIKON D3S_ISO 25600_1-1000 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D3S_ISO 25600
.jpg "NIKON D600_ISO 25600_1-1000 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D600_ISO 25600
.jpg "NIKON D800_ISO 25600_1-1250 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D800_ISO 25600
.jpg "NIKON D5100_ISO 25600_1-1000 sec at f - 5.6-3")
NIKON D5100_ISO 25600
.jpg "NIKON D3S_ISO 51200_1-2000 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D3S_ISO 51200
.jpg "NIKON D3S_ISO 102400_1-4000 sec at f - 5.6")
NIKON D3S_ISO 102400
Hi there,
I would like to see the fullsize images from this test. I currently have a D5100 that is very noisy at even ISO400 so would like to compare these images to ones from my camera.