Native ISO for Nikon D3

J-see

Senior Member
Does anyone know what the Native ISO for a D3 is?

The lowest is ISO 200. Even when it has ISO 100, that setting doesn't add anything in terms of quality.

According to the description native ISO is the highest ISO at which the signal is not amplified which should be 200 for the D3.
 
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Blacktop

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The lowest is ISO 200. Even when it has ISO 100, that setting doesn't add anything in terms of quality.

According to the description native ISO is the highest ISO at which the signal is not amplified which should be 200 for the D3.
I don't know. The D300 that I had , the base ISO was also 200. I tried it with the LO2 setting and the shots were were cleaner . I don't know if I gave up anything by using the LO setting I'm just talking about lower noise.
 

J-see

Senior Member
I don't know. The D300 that I had , the base ISO was also 200. I tried it with the LO2 setting and the shots were were cleaner . I don't know if I gave up anything by using the LO setting I'm just talking about lower noise.

That they were cleaner I wouldn't know but the ISO 100 on the D3 is like the ISO 50 on the D750. The signal is identical to the native ISO but gets halved for exposure purposes. But that doesn't affect the SNR, DR or other quality parameters.
 
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