Since the announcement of Df (which is demanding my cash to be handed over) I started to investigate the advantage of a D4 sensor over my D800 sensor. As usual I started trawling the internet and found that not many rated the D4 sensor highly over D800 sensor. I am currently very happy on the colour output of my D800, and high ISO was, apparently, something that bugged me. Then I went through my files and found many ISO 5000 shots (results of M mode to get the shutter speed and aperture that I want, with auto ISO) that I would consider clean and useable. Then I went to DxO to check out high ISO score of Nikon cameras:
"Sports Score is based on Low-Light ISO performance (values in ISO index). Low-Light ISO indicates the highest ISO sensitivity to which your camera can be set while maintaining a high quality, low-noise image (based on a Signal-to-Noise-Ratio [SNR] of 30dB, a dynamic range of 9EVs and a color depth of 18bits). As cameras improve, the highest ISO setting to produce 30dB, 9EVs, 18-bit images will continuously increase, making this scale open. Low-Light ISO performance is of primary importance in photojournalism, sports and action photography".
DxO sports score then select Nikon from right selection.
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D3s 3253
D600 2980
D800E 2979
D4 2965
D610 2925
D800 2853
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D700 2303
D3 2290
D3x 1992
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D5200 1284
D7100 1256
D5100 1183
D7000 1167
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D300 679
Which shows roughly 3 bands: D3s to D800 (ISO 3253 to 2853 or ~ISO 3000 range); D700 to D3x (ISO 2303 to 1992 or ~ISO 2000 range); D5200 to D700 (~ISO 1000 range).
And my old D300 was for my reference. And my limited data point (2, D800 and D300) and experience with the D800 seems to support that table.
What are your experiences?
If I get the Df would I end up with only nostalgia as a key benefit? Or would the D4 sensor really show much improvement over the D800 sensor?
"Sports Score is based on Low-Light ISO performance (values in ISO index). Low-Light ISO indicates the highest ISO sensitivity to which your camera can be set while maintaining a high quality, low-noise image (based on a Signal-to-Noise-Ratio [SNR] of 30dB, a dynamic range of 9EVs and a color depth of 18bits). As cameras improve, the highest ISO setting to produce 30dB, 9EVs, 18-bit images will continuously increase, making this scale open. Low-Light ISO performance is of primary importance in photojournalism, sports and action photography".
DxO sports score then select Nikon from right selection.
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D3s 3253
D600 2980
D800E 2979
D4 2965
D610 2925
D800 2853
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D700 2303
D3 2290
D3x 1992
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D5200 1284
D7100 1256
D5100 1183
D7000 1167
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…
D300 679
Which shows roughly 3 bands: D3s to D800 (ISO 3253 to 2853 or ~ISO 3000 range); D700 to D3x (ISO 2303 to 1992 or ~ISO 2000 range); D5200 to D700 (~ISO 1000 range).
And my old D300 was for my reference. And my limited data point (2, D800 and D300) and experience with the D800 seems to support that table.
What are your experiences?
If I get the Df would I end up with only nostalgia as a key benefit? Or would the D4 sensor really show much improvement over the D800 sensor?
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