Nikon CoolPix S710 - 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. These ISO test images are shot indoors using reflected natural light for maximum consistency.

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This is the full frame at 100 ISO, the minimum setting.

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At 100 ISO the image quality is pretty good, with lots of fine detail, but there is some noise visible.

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That strange patch of horizontal lines is there in the uncropped shot, and goes right across the frame. I have no idea what caused it, but it doesn't appear on any other shots. There is also more noise visible at 200 ISO.

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Noise is becoming a problem at 400 ISO, with detail lost in darker areas. Compare the tyre tread in the bottom corner of the image with the 100 ISO shot.

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At 800 ISO the noise reduction has blurred out most of the fine detail.

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At 1600 ISO colour saturation is greatly reduced and noise is everywhere.

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Terrible picture quality at 3200 ISO.

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6400 ISO is available at 3MP, but the picture quality is very poor.

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The S710 can shoot at 12800 ISO, but when the picture quality is this bad what's the point?

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This is the full frame at 12800 ISO.

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