High ISO Nikon D3 Sample Images from Photo-Cafe.jp

As of the date of writing, the sample photos that were showcased in the Nikon D3 article at Photo-Cafe.jp were the best examples of high ISO Nikon D3 dusk and night city photography.

It’s too bad that the article there isn’t live anymore (here is a screen capture of the article though), perhaps due to bandwidth meltdown, but I’ve hosted those photos in my Flickr account for the time being.

Please note the following:

  1. Full copyright to the photos belong to Photo-Cafe.jp
  2. The photos have absolutely no EXIF data, but were taken at ISO 1600, ISO 3200 and ISO 6400. Unfortunately, I can’t recall which is which, since I hadn’t saved the information for each photo from the web page — see the screen capture of the article for details.
  3. To my eyes, these D3 photos are impressive because highlights, color, tonality and detail remain beautifully rendered even at such high ISO levels. The noise “grain” - beautiful and pleasing - I wouldn’t mind shooting cityscapes and street photography at ISO 6400 all night long with quality like this.

Lens used was the new Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8. If I recall correctly, the aperture was set at f/8 for all the photos, which show excellent sharpness from corner-to-corner.

Here are the image thumbnails - clicking on each thumbnail brings you to the full-sized image. Use Ctrl-Click to open in a new browser tab, or Shift-Click to open a new browser window session.

*** ALL IMAGES ARE COPYRIGHT PHOTO-CAFE.JP ***

Nikon D3 high ISO sample Nikon D3 high ISO sample
Nikon D3 high ISO sample Nikon D3 high ISO sample
Nikon D3 high ISO sample Nikon D3 high ISO sample
Nikon D3 high ISO sample Nikon D3 high ISO sample
Nikon D3 high ISO sample Nikon D3 high ISO sample

Archive of comments from the old blog post

  1. xpherion - technology blog » Nikon D3 low-light performance Says:
    October 6th, 2007 at 6:44 pm

    [...] 10/06/2007] Another Nikon D3 sample shot from Photo-cafe.jp [Click here to see more of the missing [...]

  2. Jesus Garza Says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 3:39 am

    I didn’t like the subject matter of the photos. Very poor choices. Too bad you didn’t encounter people or more typical subject matter. I couldn’t see the quality of the 14-24 lens at high ISO. The images seemed quite dull.

  3. TC Says:
    June 1st, 2008 at 4:19 am

    I didn’t think the images were dull. Maybe the bulldog shot? Otherwise all looked sharp. Eager to take my D3 out tonight. Just got it today.