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Nikon CoolPix S550 - Test shots - ISO performance

Over the next few pages we show a range of test shots. On this page the full size image at the minimum and maximum ISO settings have been reduced to let you see the full image, and a series of full resolution crops have taken from original images at a range of ISO settings to show the overall image quality.

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This is a full-frame image at the minimum sensitivity of 64 ISO.

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There are some signs of image noise even at 64 ISO.

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Slightly more noise in the red channel at 100 ISO.

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Some detail is starting to fade at 200 ISO.

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There is a notable reduction in image quality at 400 ISO.

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Image noise is much worse at 800 ISO, with almost no fine detail left.

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At 1600 ISO colour balance is way off and image noise is everywhere.

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2000 ISO is pretty much a write off.

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This is the full frame at 2000 ISO.

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