High ISO Test : Nikon D5, D750, D500

Equipment Reviews

Feb 20

In this quick comparison, I am demonstrating USABLE high ISO abilities of each camera and how they compare to one another. The D5 and D750 are some of the best options for clean high ISO abilities out today in the DSLR world. The D500 is surprising considering typically full frame cameras out perform APS-C sensors and other smaller sensors in terms of low light. The D500 seemed to hold it's own when compared to the D750 at high ISO, but as you can see up close the D750 still edges it out with the D500 showing some muddiness and noise at 6400 ISO and above. Is it still a usable image in my opinion? Yes. Now certainly we can push these cameras past 10000 ISO, especially with the D5 as it is plenty capable of usable images up to 25,600 ISO, but for this test we are keeping it within a more fair comparison and range as it seems to the D500 becomes unusable above 10000 ISO in my opinion.

These are all SOOC RAW images with no editing or noise reduction. Click to view full size.