We got the new D3100's in today at work, and I was pretty curious on how the camera handled. Pretty tiny, which is nice. And the new AF system is pretty good as well. Video didn't look too bad either. Anyway, thing I was most worried about was how well the different ISO settings were, so I just did a quick little test. This is the least scientific and quickest test I could do. So, here you go... Links to full size under each photo. Sorry I didn't have a sharper lens to use, or more exciting samples. Might bring my 300 tomorrow just to dwarf the body and to see how sharp it really is.
Dude, seriously you need to downsize those. I'm running a 30" monitor here at work and I can barely fit the upper left corner of the image on my screen.
Frankly anything above ISO800 wouldn't make such a great large print. In smaller sizes it's fine right up to ISO3200. Oh well. it is what it is........
Thank you! (for fixing the post and posting examples)
Once you equalize resolution that's at least a stop better than my D300 @ 3200 & 6400, that'd put it right about even with the D700. Looks like Chase wasn't far off base with his comparison to D700 class ISO.
Should be much nicer with RAW when you can use real sharpening and NR.
If I get a chance tomorrow I'll take some RAW examples and run them through LR3, not sure how busy I'll be.
Overall, I actually really like the camera. If it was able to AF more lenses, I might actually look into it as a travel camera. It's even smaller than the D40.
I don't mind that the D3s outperforms my D3 at high ISO. But to see a $700 consumer body threatening to invade that same territory of noise control brings a little tear to my eye.
Todd Adamson wrote:
I don't mind that the D3s outperforms my D3 at high ISO. But to see a $700 consumer body threatening to invade that same territory of noise control brings a little tear to my eye.
I'm not sure about how 'even' it is with the D700. I have ISO 6400 files cleaner, and with more detail than the ISO 3200 image. Even 1600 is looking soft.
Looks like they're trying to make it look like it has clean high ISO at the expense of detail/sharpness. But this is all based on JPEGs.
