Comments on: Nikon D700/D3 vs D3s High ISO Noise Comparison

By: φωτογραφος γαμου

φωτογραφος γαμου — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:15:40 +0000

I dont think that d800 is good in high ISO.

By: Harv.!

Harv.! — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:28:16 +0000

Hi Nasim,
Thanks for the interesting articles, I’m always keen to hear the view of other photographers.
I, like Vern, was curious if the D3 and D700 sensors were identical or if they were tweaked differently. The reason I’m unsure is because of the DxOMark scores everyone has been talking about in the past few days regarding the D800. If you compare the ISO Sensitivity, SNR 18%, Dynamic Range, Tonal Range and Color Sensitivity charts of the D3 and D700 they are not identical.
Maybe the DxOMark scores are wrong, maybe I’ve missed something and I’m wrong but the scores are definitely not identical.

By: ron hefeeren

ron hefeeren — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:16:28 +0000

when is the d700 going to be updated to anew model ,the d800 will it be in the shopes

By: fotograf na wesele gdynia

fotograf na wesele gdynia — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:10:17 +0000

How do you think when will be announced the new D800? This year?

By: Chris Park

Chris Park — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:47:22 +0000

Hi Nazim,

A question, am upgrading to D3S bodys soon and thinking lenses, been using DX 17-55 2.8 on my D300′s and wondered how much coverage loss there would be against the 24-70mm on the D3X, like you I try to carry as versatile a lens as possible to save weight by carrying lots of others :-).

Not sure about how fdlexible the 24mm prime would be but would be interested in any comments you may have.

Cheers Chris

By: Bhargav Boppa

Bhargav Boppa — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:00:08 +0000

Hi Nazim,

It’s commendable how you take out time for this knowledge sharing on your website and it’s always been a learning experience reading through your blogs.

I am not a professional photographer but I take photos at family events. I have a D90 with SB 600 now and I am not that happy with it’s ISO capabilities in low light conditions. I am planning to upgrade it to D700 with Sb900 as I can’t afford D3s. What do you suggest? And I would appreciate if you can share any tips to make the best use of D700 at such indoor events. Especially with ceiling being very high, I want to use ISO capabilities to ensure I don’t get underexposed photos. I will have 85mm 1.4 D, 50mm 1.8, 24-70mm 2.8 and a 70-300mm sigma as my lenses. Thank you

Regards,
Bhargav

By: nikos petof

nikos petof — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:59:50 +0000

Dear Nazim,

would you suggest D700 vs D3s for landscape (tripod) and portrait work ? is the D700 picture quality as good as D3s at low , let say, ISO 200 ?

I already have the D3S, and i am absolutely happy with it, but I am thinking about to get a second body, to not contineously switching the lenses, leaving the D3s on the 200-400 (set up i use very often) and using the second body with 14-24 etc.

or it will be wiser to make an efford getting the second d3s ?

i am not professional photographer, but i really love the photo…

best regards,

nikos

By: Aris Vrakas

Aris Vrakas — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:48:21 +0000

Hi,

Thank you for the effort to put this together. It’s great in showing daylight ISO comparisons. I find myself using High ISO (over 1600) mainly at night – at which time the noise performance – especially in shadows – is much different than daylight noise performance.

I would have loved to see a comparison here for low-ligh photography as well.

thanks!
Keep up the good work

By: Nasim Mansurov

Nasim Mansurov — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:42:15 +0000

Bogdan, there is no sharpness difference between D700 and D3s – in the above samples, my focus is probably not 100% accurate on the D3s images, which is why they look a little less sharp. In real life situations, both cameras are equally as sharp and I cannot notice additional visible noise reduction on the D3s.

In terms of overexposing to decrease noise – that’s a known technique called “shooting to the right”, which is basically overexposing an image to get better shadow details. I don’t think there is much surprise there – the Nikon D80/D200 and other older cameras were known to overexpose by about 0.7 EV.

By: Bogdan

Bogdan — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:35:36 +0000

Hi Nasim,

It’s my first posting on your site and first of all, I have to say it’s a great job what you do with this website.
Regarding the comparison between D3s and D700, I noticed that D700 images are a little bit sharper and have more contrast than D3s images. Is there a difference in in-camera processing? Do you think that D3s might apply a little noise reduction so the images become softer?
I’m asking these questions because lately, Nikon seemed to apply some tricks in their in-camera processing to increase images’ quality, even if they are in RAW format. For example, the new D7000 seems to increase the exposure just a little bit to avoid noise.