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<blockquote data-quote="AfterImage" data-source="post: 7572" data-attributes="member: 2702">I am new to Nikons so I'm not really sure about the capabilities of the D200 but I can give you some first hand, albeit limited, experience about the D7000. So far the reports on the D7000 high ISO performance has been very positive. At first I was skeptical... few people had (or yet have) the camera and I was anticipating that a bunch of &quot;wishful thinking&quot; was going on. After shooting a bit with the D7K I can confirm that it's handling of noise at higher ISO, especially with the built-in NR Filters, is respectable. Pixel-peeping (over scrutinization) at ISO 1250 starts to show a hint of noise in dark corners. By 6400 lite grainy noise is obvious across the frame but only at full resolution. Resampling down to 25% (approximately 1000x660) makes even that amount of noise acceptable if not undetectable in properly exposed short exposures. &nbsp;I came from a camera that was frankly terrible at handling noise (noticable grain at ISO 400??) so I might be biased here. But, I love shooting at higher ISO so, to me, the D7K is an evolutionary leap ahead from my old camera.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AfterImage, post: 7572, member: 2702"] I am new to Nikons so I'm not really sure about the capabilities of the D200 but I can give you some first hand, albeit limited, experience about the D7000. So far the reports on the D7000 high ISO performance has been very positive. At first I was skeptical... few people had (or yet have) the camera and I was anticipating that a bunch of "wishful thinking" was going on. After shooting a bit with the D7K I can confirm that it's handling of noise at higher ISO, especially with the built-in NR Filters, is respectable. Pixel-peeping (over scrutinization) at ISO 1250 starts to show a [I]hint [/I]of noise in dark corners. By 6400 lite grainy noise is obvious across the frame but only at full resolution. Resampling down to 25% (approximately 1000x660) makes even that amount of noise acceptable if not undetectable in properly exposed short exposures. I came from a camera that was frankly terrible at handling noise (noticable grain at ISO 400??) so I might be biased here. But, I love shooting at higher ISO so, to me, the D7K is an evolutionary leap ahead from my old camera. [/QUOTE]

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