No Film School put together a handy little comparison of the 5D Mark II, 5D Mark III and Nikon D800 in video mode. They walk through the ISO stops way up to the high end. Check out the video below.
Comments
Mr Kotkusays
The D800 is the clear winner. The lady smiles for often when using the Nikon. 5D Mklll next. Finally she almost never smiles with the Mk ll. So there you have it folks, you will have more smiles if you use the D800.
On Canon 5D MKII and 5D MK III the focus is not correct, the whole image is not sharp. Were the people who do this tests not able to focus correctly?
anonsays
the proper way to do this is to have the same exposure. then increase the exposure in stops. not iso. what a bunch of dumbasses.
shella27wesays
You have a lot of haiters out there who only see what they want to. Good job.
GarrettPhotoMediasays
Can the video noise reduction on the Canon 5D MKIII be turned off? If not, then the comparison is not valid if the Nikon does not have noise reduction applied and the Canon does. I own the 5D MKIII and am very pleased with its high ISO performance.
acuberossays
Nikon is better except at higher ISOs (8000 and up)
s2xsays
There is no question. The D800 seems better, but at higher ISO it is too grainy.
Therefore, in my opinion the 5D MKIII is the winner. It has consistent performance with high image Quality.
Jerrysays
Yes, the Canon looks better at high ISO, but the Nikon doesn’t need high ISO to get the shot. At lower ISO, the Canon footage is too dark. Nikon wins.
Judging from this video even mark ii is less noisy than D800 in high ISO. But how come can it be true?
I guess the difference is in codecs and noise reduction. If you compare still images then you cannot see so big difference in high ISO. Nikon is very good on ISO 12800 in images. However in video mode it looks noisier. But it seems in video Canon does some aggressive noise reduction and that’s why it looks less noisy but also less sharp which is not due to incorrect focus. Nikon outputs more natural video without post-processing.
Mr Kotku says
The D800 is the clear winner. The lady smiles for often when using the Nikon. 5D Mklll next. Finally she almost never smiles with the Mk ll. So there you have it folks, you will have more smiles if you use the D800.
Art ST says
On Canon 5D MKII and 5D MK III the focus is not correct, the whole image is not sharp. Were the people who do this tests not able to focus correctly?
anon says
the proper way to do this is to have the same exposure. then increase the exposure in stops. not iso. what a bunch of dumbasses.
shella27we says
You have a lot of haiters out there who only see what they want to. Good job.
GarrettPhotoMedia says
Can the video noise reduction on the Canon 5D MKIII be turned off? If not, then the comparison is not valid if the Nikon does not have noise reduction applied and the Canon does. I own the 5D MKIII and am very pleased with its high ISO performance.
acuberos says
Nikon is better except at higher ISOs (8000 and up)
s2x says
There is no question. The D800 seems better, but at higher ISO it is too grainy.
Therefore, in my opinion the 5D MKIII is the winner. It has consistent performance with high image Quality.
Jerry says
Yes, the Canon looks better at high ISO, but the Nikon doesn’t need high ISO to get the shot. At lower ISO, the Canon footage is too dark. Nikon wins.
BEN says
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D800 ?ISO_2500?????????????
ISO_1000~2500?5D3??????
ISO_12800? 5D3??
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2.??5D3?????????5D3??????D800???????????
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4.ISO_2500???5D3?????????????ISO_2500???
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D800 ?ISO_2500~3200??????????????
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Zurab Kereselidze says
Judging from this video even mark ii is less noisy than D800 in high ISO. But how come can it be true?
I guess the difference is in codecs and noise reduction. If you compare still images then you cannot see so big difference in high ISO. Nikon is very good on ISO 12800 in images. However in video mode it looks noisier. But it seems in video Canon does some aggressive noise reduction and that’s why it looks less noisy but also less sharp which is not due to incorrect focus. Nikon outputs more natural video without post-processing.