Nikon Z6 III vs Z6 High ISO Compared
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- Comparison of low-light High ISO noise performance between the Nikon Z6 III and Nikon Z6. A scene was set up and metered for a normal, centered exposure at ISO 100. The shutter speed and ISO were then doubled for each ISO in 1EV increments until reaching ISO 51,200. The results raws were pulled into ACR/Photoshop and all settings zeroed out except for the profile set to camera-matching neutral, sharpening of 45/0.7/35. Both chrominance and luminance noise reduction were disabled.
0:00 Methodology
0:54 Describing comparison
1:31 ISO 100
1:47 ISO 200
1:59 ISO 400
2:12 ISO 800
2:28 ISO 1600
2:51 ISO 3200
3:12 ISO 6400
3:31 ISO 12800
4:01 ISO 25600
4:41 ISO 51200
5:55 Summary - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
My Nikon Z6 III vs Z6 Dynamic Range Comparison is here: th-cam.com/video/pLTwk7tbsdE/w-d-xo.html
My Nikon Z6 III sensor readout speed measurements: th-cam.com/video/WkCEYg_mOo0/w-d-xo.html
I'm using Z6 and D750 and for my use, iso 2500 is maximum I would normally use. With Adobe ACR, I can see a lot of noises clearly at iso 2500 but I use noise reduction to my taste and it's done. I never use iso 6400 and higher so it really doesn't matter to me. What's important to me is more accurate AF and its speed. In that department, the Z6 lags far behind the Z6 III.
If you care about DR more than AF accuracy and its speed, then the Z6III is not for you. I don't know how any people buy a camera based on DR performance. I do wedding shoots and the Z6III looks to be the perfect camera to upgrade.
Thanks for these tests
Appreciate you using your passion to help me create better photographic art!💪🏽
Thank you for this! Greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Thank you so much for these tests! I was actually awaiting Z6iii to be better than Z6( Z6ii). It’s kind of disappointing for me. Worst dynamic range and worst high ISO.
you're getting much faster readout in exchange for these tiny differences at high ISO
I'd gladly take faster af and readout for marginally worse noise
you are basically getting the results of a good APS-C camera
@@plusplus940 tiny? loooool
@@prokremelskidezolati1426 it's the same DR as the Z8 and Z9 at ISO100, so if you found those acceptable, you find this acceptable :)
What do you think about the new af? How does it allow you to fix an object in the dark? also BIG thank u!
I'm planning AF tests soon and hope to post a few videos with my results.
@@testcams you are a person who already owns a camera and does these tests. What is your overall opinion of the camera?
I'd be interested to see the Z6iii compares to the Z8/9. If it's slightly worse than the Z6i, that suggests to me that it's probably not that much better than the Z8, especially when you normalize the magnification. Sometimes people seem to forget that while the higher MP sensors might look worse when pixel peeping, if you consider that 100% magnification on the 24MP sensor is only equivalent to about 50% on the 45MP, the difference isn't really that huge.
Nice work. Surprising results. Mind doing a z6ii vs iii comparison on noise and DR? I have a Z6ii and planning to upgrade to iii.
The Z6 and Z6 II share the same sensor and have identical noise and DR performance, so you can apply what's shown for the Z6 in this video to your Z6 II.
@@testcams If my memory is still ok, I thought Z6ii is slightly better in DR than Z6. There were some discussions on this in the DPR forum then. Just looked up Photons to Photos on DR comparison on the 3 cameras. Yes, some differences though small differences for Z6 and Z6ii. Pity I cannot paste the photo here. Wonder why use noise for DR comparison? Thought it is EV differences.
Here's a post from Bill about his Z6 II PDR measurements: www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64673464
Z6ii has slightly less noise and less tint, it's the best of the three
I have the Z6 II, what I have found online (after reading about this in many different websites) is that it has around 1/3 of a stop of DR over the Z6 and I think a bit less issues when pulling shadows 5+ stops or so but in the grand scheme of things that's almost identical IQ
The Z6 is better in High ISO and dynamic range than the Z6 III ?! I cant belive it!
This is so frustrating. I was REALLY looking forward to the Z6iii but I'm not looking to take a step backwards for image quality.
😂Geez.. 🤦🏻♂️ step backwards you say as if you always shoot at 25,000 iso and shoot inside a dark cave🤦🏻♂️
Would you expect the Z6ii performance to be closer to the Z6 or the Z6iii on these tests?
The Z6 and Z6 II share the same image sensor and have identical dynamic range and ISO performance. The Z6 III has a new sensor.
@@testcams Not quite although they do use the same sensor and have the same DR, the ISO performance is mostly the same (although the Z6 III I believe does have a slight advantage by about 1/4 of a s top technically). But the one thing that is not really talked about it is the original Z6 suffered from some banding in shadows at high ISOs but Nikon resolved this (through software) on the Z6 II (even though they both use the same sensor. Nikon was also able to improve the high ISO performance on the Z6 II through processing as well but these are things that are not necessarily visible in normal use). PhotographyLife did a comparison a while back (they were mainly comparing to other competitors at the time like the A7 II / A7 III, and the R/RP).
@@HR-wd6cw yes, you believe, but the reality is different
It's the video on TH-cam or to me looks both more and less the same? Will be great if you can share the RAW files
maybe buy a monitor
@@prokremelskidezolati1426 but you didn´t post the RAW files for comparison... by the way my monitor is Eizo CG319X.
I will buy dslr with no video with loud mechanical shutter if it has 2-3 stops better iso performance. I shoot in low low light where I cant modify light and I can clearly see Nikon d5/d500 were last to focus on high iso performance and everything since then has been a slow downhill ride.
How do the D5/D500 compare with the D780 ?
Then - by all means - buy the D500 and be happy.
Awesome, the Z6 III is a beast. As expected with a stacked type sensor. A9 III is far worse in IQ/DR than the A9 II or A7 III even.
nope
For people who gravitate towards Nikon 24 megapixel sensor for its low light performance is going to be highly disappointed, and also some websites I have found are promoting this 6lll is being a cleaner image Sensor compared to the 6 /6ll ?????? And to boot almost one-stop less dynamic range according to the DXO!!! Is this what happens when you rely on your competitor to build your image sensors? Just saying.
z6iii is a tat sharper
"sharpening of 45/0.7/35." You are kidding. Kick your 'test' in the garbage can.
To my eye the Z6iii looks crisper in the shadows, the bag folds look mushy on the Z6. I think they have the same ISO performance.
If you reduce the sharpness from to 45 to 25 or most likely the texture slider to -25 to -30 on the Z6iii, they would look identical. If you are using Lightroom or Camera Raw.
The texture slider in lightroom/ACR is not at all tuned for the Z8/9 and beyond Nikon cameras.
You will also notice the difference in noise if you use some other software other than Adobe. The files look much cleaner and less oversharpened.
What you're perceiving as crisper is the visible effect of noise itself giving the false appearance of detail. Disabling sharpening had no impact on the results.
@@testcams Nope, there is a slight difference. And you should turn down the texture slider on Z6iii to -25 to match the photos between Z6 & Z6iii with almost the same sharpness. You need to play with the texture slider. I have used both the Z8 & Z9 & D850 in the field to have observed this. The amount of grain displayed is also relative to the size of the monitor & resolution you are using to view the photos, just because of the difference of magnification. The same photo viewed on a 24 inch 1080p monitor will look far more noisy at 100% than viewing the same photo in a 27 inch 1440p monitor at 100%, but it will look the same at 200% on the 1440p monitor.
yes, the measurements are crap, your eyes are great, lol
@@prokremelskidezolati1426 do you measure a photo or see a photo ?
Just entertaining seeing pundits complain about noise at higher iso😂 as if these guys are always shooting at 25,000 iso and inside a pitch black cave😂🤦🏻♂️ they are wet soaked watching vs vs and test test YT video’s they all forgot the techniques and ways overcoming these issues😂
Meh, do you guys even enjoy photography? All of these comparisons really ruin the industry... These things are hardly noticeable and also, these are all going to be heavily edited and are going straight to social media. And almost nobody shoots at those iso levels 😊 Nothing personal, just saying 🙏🏾
One might argue the industry is designed to sow discontent in consumers to keep them continually upgrading by promising every-increasing advancements in technology. If that's how the industry is going to make it's money it seems only fair to scrutinize the actual technology they're delivering.
Nothing wrong with comparisons to make informed buying decisions to see what gear best fits your needs. The Z6iii is a video beast but if you are shooting high iso and want the absolutely cleanest image, then maybe the z6ii or ZF would be better suited. I appreciate this kind of test. That’s like saying MFT charts ruin the industry and photographers shouldn’t care about specs. If you don’t care that’s fine, but asking people who do care “do you guys even enjoy photography” is kind of off.
@@alanaperture Not really, I think people are pixel peeping and analyzing too much, but I do understand.
Image noise is the primary common denominator when it comes to image quality In Camera, it's been that way since the days of film
what ruins the industry are stupid fanboys, who will buy this crap anyway!