High ISO comparison with D600 and D7100 revisited

I had about an hour this morning to kill so I decided to do an impromptu high ISO test comparing the d600 and d7100. I wanted to make constant as many variables as possible. I shot from one room into my kitchen with the same lens, focal point, aperture, metering and focal length. I shot from a tripod using a shutter release.

I've only looked at the end results briefly but from what I can tell the results are much closer than I originally thought. In a previous post I was comparing some shots (taken at different times) and I was astonished at the difference between the D600 and D7100. But these pics have changed my mind. I think this test has gotten me more in line with what most have been saying that higher ISOs the D600 will be better but not worlds apart.

As shot I can only tell a slight difference on either camera between ISO6400 and ISO100. So that goes without saying as shot (not pixel peeping at 100%) I really don't see much difference between the D600 and D7100 at 6400 or 100.

Here's the D600 at 6400



Here's the D7100 at 6400



Here's the D600 at 100



Here's the D7100 at 100



Here's the D600 at 100% at 6400



Here's the D7100 at 100% at 6400



Here's the D600 at 100% at 3200



Here's the D7100 at 100% at 3200



Here's the D600 at 100% at 1600



Here's the D7100 at 100% at 1600



Here's the D600 at 100% at 400



Here's the D7100 at 100% at 400



Here's the D600 at 100% at 100



Here's the D7100 at 100% at 100



I'm actually pleased at how both performed. If you pixel peep you can see the difference at the higher ISOs but for me the difference isn't that great.

I plan to do another test with a 16-35 f4 lens (this one was done with a sigma 150-500 at 380mm). I'm actually more curious to see how they perform at the mid-range ISOs now.

Overall I'm impressed with what I see from both.

I felt that the D7100 showed noise earlier than I thought it should - starting around 400, it never gets too bad really but with mine the noise seemed almost the same from 560 -1600. thanks for the comparison.

I'm just curious if these were shot with, or without, High ISO Noise Reduction enabled?


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Both were shot with NR on Norm.

The d600 appears cleaner to me by one stop. Thanks for sharing your post.


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I agree with Glenn. Impressive performance for a cropped sensor, but not nearly as good as the D600.