Nikon D3s low-light performance
Just published in DAP are examples from the Nikon D3s at ISO 12800. To my eye, these are the best high-ISO results I’ve ever seen from any camera. If you’re looking for a shoot anything, anywhere in any light camera the D3s is it! See my Dec 2 blog entry.
At about $5199, Nikon has held the line on pricing (given the crash of the US dollar), and the D3s looks to be a uniquely versatile camera. With most cameras, ISO 12800 either does not exist or produces really nasty results. Not so with the D3s, where I could consistently obtain high quality images at ISO 12800, and even at ISO 25600.
If you like to shoot in low light, don’t walk, run, and go get the D3s.
Nikon D3s + Voigtlander 58/1.4 Nokton @ f/2, 1/320 sec handheld, ISO 12800
