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 80 ISO.

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Image quality is good at the lowest ISO setting, with smooth tones and plenty of fine detail.

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There's not much difference at 100 ISO.

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Noise is plainly visible at 200 ISO, expecially in the red channel, but there is still a good level of detail.

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Although quite noisy, this 400 ISO image is still just about usable.

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Noise is a major problem at 800 ISO.

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1600 ISO and the image quality is terrible.

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When the results look like this, why bother having a 3200 ISO setting?

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This is the full frame at 3200 ISO.

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