Nikon D7000 - 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 pictures were taken indoors using tungsten photoflood lighting.

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Full frame at ISO100 and we're no expecting any noise with the D7000. Nor do we see it.

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Same subject at ISO200 and similarly no image noise to report.

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We're at ISO400 and still we're getting a clean, clear and crisp image.

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ISO800 and there's noise creeping into shadow detail on close up inspection, but very, very fine in appearance.

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We're at ISO1600 and commendably there's barely any noticeable difference between this and ISO800.

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The same could be said of ISO3200, in comparison with ISO1600 and ISO800.

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There's very fine grain across the image at ISO6400 setting, but again you wouldn't really notice its appearance unless you were searching for it.

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At maximum expanded Hi2, ISO25600 equivalent setting, we're getting the tell tale speckled appearance of noise washing across the entire image - but this is no worse than most compacts manage at ISO1600, and an option to reach for when all else might fail.

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