Canon 5D May 2006 [Canon 5D] [My photo gears] [Back to Photo Page]

Image Quality vs ISO setting in more details

Side-by-side comparison shows that 5D @ ISO=1600 is even better than D60 @ ISO=800 for all areas (highlight, mid-tone, and shadow).

The detailed images shown here are 1x crop without any post-processing. The size difference comes from the image sensors (3072x2048 vs. 4368x2912). Since there is a 1.6x factor in D60, I adjusted the focal length (38mm vs 60mm) so the images captured were about the same overall size.

D60 ISO 100 (f11, 1/250s) @ 38mm	5D ISO 100 (f11, 1/250s) @ 60mm
D60 ISO 200	5D ISO 200
D60 ISO 400	5D ISO 400
D60 ISO 800	5D ISO 800
D60 ISO 1000	5D ISO 1000
	5D ISO 1600

• Noise is usually worse in shadow areas for high ISO settings.

D60 ISO 100 (f11, 1/250s)	5D ISO 100 (f11, 1/250s)
D60 ISO 200	5D ISO 200
D60 ISO 400	5D ISO 400
D60 ISO 800	5D ISO 800
D60 ISO 1000	5D ISO 1000
	5D ISO 1600

• Some area with blue sky:

D60 ISO 100 (f11, 1/250s)	5D ISO 100 (f11, 1/250s)
D60 ISO 200	5D ISO 200
D60 ISO 400	5D ISO 400
D60 ISO 800	5D ISO 800
D60 ISO 1000	5D ISO 1000
	5D ISO 1600

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