Nikon D7000 High ISO samples

[daarksun]

Nikon D7000 is a great camera. Can't wait to see what they do with the D700 upgrade. Should be sooo impressive.

 

[Bruce Most]

I just ran an ISO test I read about: I placed the lens cap over the lens, put it on manual, and shot ISOs 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, and 6400. I put the photos on Photoshop Elements, blew them up 100% in the editor, and ran auto contrast. In comparing the results, 100 through 400 remained solidly black. A little noise appeared at 800, and then a significant jump at 1600. When I looked at the file size, something caught my eye. The file sizes for 800 and below were 500K or less. It jumped to over 12MB at 1600. What was odd, was that the file size was slightly smaller at 6400 than at 1600 and 3200. In fact, 1600 was the largest of the three. Does this suggest that there's actually less grain at 6400 than 1600 or 3200? So if you have to shoot with a high ISO, go to 6400 rather than 1600? That does sound right to me, but the numbers are interesting.

Bruce

 

[M2 Photography]

I just got one a week ago and shot a job with it. It is decent but still pales in comparison to the d700. It's autofocus is amazing though.