Real-world Noise: Nikon D800E vs Canon 5D Mark III

Added to DAP is a field comparison of the real world issues with noise in dark areas. The superlative Nikon D800E is compared to the Canon 5D Mark III.

This heavily shadowed sexy landscape photo of an outhouse at 12,300' elevation (stink free man, the best outhouse I’ve ever found!) had the dark areas opened up in “post”. How do the two cameras fare on this image? It is a proxy for any kind of landscape photo with similar or even more extreme contrast, such as the Mt Dana and Tioga Lake scene.

 

White Mountains 12,300' stink-free privy