COMPARING THE NIKON D90 WITH THE NIKON D700 AND THE NIKON D80 AT HIGH ISOS.

NIKON D90 18-70 NIKKOR ZOOM AT ISO 200

First of all, I must make clear that I am not a super analyst but a professional photographer with some experience. For lovers of thoroughly done laboratory tests I recommend you to consult the website of DoX Mark (it’s in my links). I would be more in line with Ken Rockwell (another web I consult fairly often), a professional photographer who tests cameras and lenses in the field, with a lot of common sense, and who does not care to ensure that a 500 Euros camera gives better results than a 3000 Euros one, if that is the case. I tried the D90 for taking pictures of the Els Tres Tombs horse parade. The resulting images were of high quality with vivid and saturated colors. The camera is easy to use, with all the controls close at hand, a fact that not always happens with other models of the competence. For the ISO test I photographed a tangerines still life (my favourite fruit) and where we could not miss a tomato (indispensable in a Catalonia house to prepare the famous pa amb tomàquet). The lens used in the D90 and D80 was a 28mm f: 2.8 Nikkor. The still life picture with the D700 was different, but serves for comparison, and in this case I used a 50mm f: 1.8 Nikkor.

The results were as expected, completely in line with the study done by DOX: the Nikon D700 is unbeatable at high ISOS, it has a score of 2303 out of a 2526 total, while the 977 of the Nikon D90 beats the 679 score of the excellent Nikon D300, well over the 524 of the Nikon D80. With the Nikon D90 we can work at 1600 ASA with excellent results.

CROP SECTION NIKON D90 1.600 ASA

NIKON D80 1.600 ASA

NIKON D90 1.600 ASA

NIKON D700 3.200 ASA

NIKON D80 1.600 ASA

NIKON D90 1.600 ASA

NIKON D700 1.600 ASA

NIKON D700 3.200 ASA

Okay, we can not compete with the Nikon D700 at ISOS such as 3200 and 6400, but we professional photographers do not usually work with such high ISOS, as l Ken Rockwell said, working under poor light conditions we add light (strobes) or, as I would say, we use the tripod. Is it worth paying the triple for the Nikon D700 or almost 10 times more for the new 24 megapixel Nikon D3x? Of course, both cameras have a more solid construction and a full frame sensor, but we can use the money left over (those who still have it in this times of crisis) to invest in lenses, for example. The Nikon D90 is placed eighth in the best world cameras ranking done by DoX Mark (the Nikon D700 is in the third place and the Nikon D80in the 29th). The Nikon D 90, which has a next-generation sensor, gets a better ranking than the Nikon D300 (placed 13th in the DoX Mark ranking) and besides, we can take video wit it.
In a few words: a great camera at a very fair prize, about 900 Euros.