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Nikon D200 review Gordon Laing, January 2006

Outdoor
/ Resolution / Noise

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Nikon D200 noise level comparison

  To measure electronic noise levels we photographed the standard Gretag Macbeth ColorChecker at each of the camera's ISO settings under daylight conditions.

The crops below are taken from the originals, saved as High Quality JPEGs in Photoshop CS2 and presented here at 100%. To compare typical noise in skies and dark shadows the crops were taken from patches 3 and 24 respectively.

Noise levels on the Nikon D200 are very usable up to 800 ISO and slightly better than the Nikon D2X, presumably due to the D200's larger pixel pitch. The results from the Canon 5D and 1Ds Mark II though clearly illustrate the benefit of a physically larger sensor with a subsequently greater pixel pitch. Noise levels from these bodies are much lower throughout, although especially so at 800 ISO and above.


Nikon D200
Nikon D2X
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EOS-1Ds Mk II
Nikon D200 at 100 ISO
Nikon D2X at 100 ISO
Canon EOS-5D at 100 ISO
Canon EOS-1Ds Mk II at 100 ISO
100 ISO
100 ISO
100 ISO
100 ISO
Nikon D200 at 200 ISO
Nikon D2X at 200 ISO
Canon EOS-5D at 200 ISO
Canon EOS-1Ds Mk II at 200 ISO
200 ISO
200 ISO
200 ISO
200 ISO
Nikon D200 at 400 ISO
Nikon D2X at 400 ISO
Canon EOS-5D at 400 ISO
Canon EOS-1Ds Mk II at 400 ISO
400 ISO
400 ISO
400 ISO
400 ISO
Nikon D200 at 800 ISO
Nikon D2X at 800 ISO
Canon EOS-5D at 800 ISO
Canon EOS-1Ds Mk II at 800 ISO
800 ISO
800 ISO
800 ISO
800 ISO
Nikon D200 at 1600 ISO
Nikon D2X at 1600 ISO
Canon EOS-5D at 1600 ISO
Canon EOS-1Ds Mk II at 1600 ISO
1600 ISO
HI-1 (1600 ISO)
1600 ISO
1600 ISO
Nikon D200 at 3200 ISO
Nikon D2X at 3200 ISO
Canon EOS-5D at 3200 ISO
Canon EOS-1Ds Mk II at 3200 ISO
H1.0 (3200 ISO)
HI-2 (3200 ISO)
H (3200 ISO)
H (3200 ISO)

Nikon D200 results ...

Outdoor / Resolution / Noise


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