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Nikon D5 vs. Sony A7R II ISO Range Compared up to ISO 3 Million

April 4, 2016 By Eric Reagan

Tony Northrup put the Nikon D5 and Sony A7R II side-by-side for an ISO comparison when shooting video. He ran the comparison up to ISO 3,276,800, which is seven stops beyond the A7R II’s capability. He pushed the exposure for the A7R II in post to match the D5 and it held up quite well.

Filed Under: Nikon, Sony Tagged With: A7R II, comparison, D5, iso, Nikon, review, Sony, test

 

Comments

  1. Jared says

    April 4, 2016 at 11:12 am

    Too bad focus wasn’t set manually.

  2. William Sommerwerck says

    April 4, 2016 at 11:21 am

    The exposure in my 5D2 drifts, too, even when set for Manual. It’s necessary to “lock” the camera so that it won’t periodically try to check the exposure. Go figure.

    • Jared says

      April 4, 2016 at 12:05 pm

      I just fixed my 5D Mk2 this weekend, and now I no longer have that problem. It always bugged me that my 5D Mk3 would stay locked in manual exposure, but the Mk2 wouldn’t.

      It’s a very simple fix in the menu, then everything stays where you set it (as manual mode SHOULD be).

      • William Sommerwerck says

        April 4, 2016 at 12:11 pm

        The solution (for me) was to set “Metering timer” to something much longer than the default 16 seconds. (Oddly, I too discovered this solution over the weekend.)

        Is there another solution?

        • Jared says

          April 4, 2016 at 12:26 pm

          I wondered about the “metering timer” as well, but figured there must be a better way. Did some digging online and found this:

          http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2012/03/12/setting-up-your-canon-5d-mkii-and-mkiii/

          The video goes through the menu system very quickly, so here’s what you need to know:

          Camera in Manual mode> menu (wrench #2 setting)> Live View/Movie func. set.> LV func. setting> Stills+movie> Stills display> Movie display

          The MOST IMPORTANT part (which I had been missing all these years), is setting Stills display to Movie display. I had everything else set except for that. It made all the difference!

          Enjoy!

  3. Batman says

    April 6, 2016 at 6:34 am

    He put a D5 and a Sony A7R II to the test, but he doesn’t know how to focus ? Sometimes when I watch his tests, I wonder, on which planet do we live in .. o_O …

  4. Ian Rivlin says

    April 8, 2016 at 2:59 am

    Basically, the high ISO numbers are utter BS.

    The D5 is a real disappointment.

  5. Randy says

    April 8, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    Uh, who cares? Unless you’re a private detective trying to photo a cheating husband in a dark room, why would anyone use those image degrading high ISO numbers? Makes no sense to me.

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