Nikon D3400 review(part1)
Nikon D3400 review(part2)
This is part2. For more information of the camera body, you may want to read part1 first, the link is up there.
We are going to review the D3400 iso through some sample shoots. This is not a scientific test, but only a real life test can we see what the D3400 can do and how it really performs. If you are only interested in the high iso perform, please go to the lower part of this article.
Iso160 F4.2 Shutter:1/200
No camera is bad at iso 160 nowadays. It look good, and it should be.
Iso720 F5.6 shutter:1/100
ISO 720: I took this picture with single hand and walking.If you find it is not very sharp, it is not because of the camera. Lets focus on the IQ. The original picture is underexposed, I add 2EV and shadows +50 to the RAW with LR. The result look great for me. The dynamic range act well. Look at the left down corner, there is some noise. Consider the original picture is all dark at that part , I add 2EV and shadows+50 to it, the performance is already amazing.
Iso5600 F4.5 shutter:1/100
ISO:5600:D3400 work well at iso 5600. The detail and the texture of the picture is great. It is always an advantage to remain more details for editing. I only make a very little edit on the picture and it look pop out of the screen. Do not forget it is ISO 5600. In the past, iso 5600 is already near the top of the high iso of most cameras. However, ISO 5600 is not a challenge for D3400.
Iso16,000 F5.3 shutter:1/100
ISO16,000: From iso 5600 up to 10,000, the image performance does not fall too much. However, for 10,000 to 16,000 the image starting to get worse. The picture is converted from RAW to jpg by LR without editing. Look at the magnified picture of the left down corner of the original picture, this is where the focus fall. At such high iso, the image getting rough, but sill remain a lot of detail. I can still see the hair at the edge of the cloth. And, there is no false color and no color noise. This is awesome!! However, considering the room of editing of the raw is small at such high iso, we should try use iso below 16,000.
ISO25600 F16 shutter:1/4000
ISO25,600: This is the maximum native iso of D3400. Converted by LR with out editing. The image look rough. The detail still remain, but the room of editing is much smaller. The out focus part also becomes very grainy, which break down the texture of the image. Still, it is very impressive that the image is clear and no false color.This is great to keep record for important moments. After proper processing, those image maybe not too bad in image quality. This is something can only did by the top end camera in the old days!
^original image
^Black and white
ISO25600 F5.6 shutter:1/100
One more picture for iso 25600. This was shot at a very low light situation. This is not a ideal lighting for take picture. But it is what we always face at real life shooting. The noise is full the image. But the detail it capture is still more than what I saw that day. It is remarkable for D3400 can do this. Although the image look rough, with some proper processing the image can still be usable. For black and white image, it is not bad for me.
Conclusion:
The performance of D3400 is much better than I expected. I did found some bad lighting environment to take the sample image. Turn out the image is not too bad. The color perform do well even at poor lighting condition. Which is a huge improve for entry level DSLR. If you are using lens with f1.8 or larger, you may no have much chance to use iso over 3000, but it is always good to have higher available iso. For the price and what you got , D3400 is a good deal.
Nikon D3400 review(part2)
This is part2. For more information of the camera body, you may want to read part1 first, the link is up there.
We are going to review the D3400 iso through some sample shoots. This is not a scientific test, but only a real life test can we see what the D3400 can do and how it really performs. If you are only interested in the high iso perform, please go to the lower part of this article.
No camera is bad at iso 160 nowadays. It look good, and it should be.
ISO 720: I took this picture with single hand and walking.If you find it is not very sharp, it is not because of the camera. Lets focus on the IQ. The original picture is underexposed, I add 2EV and shadows +50 to the RAW with LR. The result look great for me. The dynamic range act well. Look at the left down corner, there is some noise. Consider the original picture is all dark at that part , I add 2EV and shadows+50 to it, the performance is already amazing.
ISO:5600:D3400 work well at iso 5600. The detail and the texture of the picture is great. It is always an advantage to remain more details for editing. I only make a very little edit on the picture and it look pop out of the screen. Do not forget it is ISO 5600. In the past, iso 5600 is already near the top of the high iso of most cameras. However, ISO 5600 is not a challenge for D3400.
ISO16,000: From iso 5600 up to 10,000, the image performance does not fall too much. However, for 10,000 to 16,000 the image starting to get worse. The picture is converted from RAW to jpg by LR without editing. Look at the magnified picture of the left down corner of the original picture, this is where the focus fall. At such high iso, the image getting rough, but sill remain a lot of detail. I can still see the hair at the edge of the cloth. And, there is no false color and no color noise. This is awesome!! However, considering the room of editing of the raw is small at such high iso, we should try use iso below 16,000.
ISO25,600: This is the maximum native iso of D3400. Converted by LR with out editing. The image look rough. The detail still remain, but the room of editing is much smaller. The out focus part also becomes very grainy, which break down the texture of the image. Still, it is very impressive that the image is clear and no false color.This is great to keep record for important moments. After proper processing, those image maybe not too bad in image quality. This is something can only did by the top end camera in the old days!
^original image
^magnified
^simple edited
ISO25600 F5.6 shutter:1/100
One more picture for iso 25600. This was shot at a very low light situation. This is not a ideal lighting for take picture. But it is what we always face at real life shooting. The noise is full the image. But the detail it capture is still more than what I saw that day. It is remarkable for D3400 can do this. Although the image look rough, with some proper processing the image can still be usable. For black and white image, it is not bad for me.
Conclusion:
The performance of D3400 is much better than I expected. I did found some bad lighting environment to take the sample image. Turn out the image is not too bad. The color perform do well even at poor lighting condition. Which is a huge improve for entry level DSLR. If you are using lens with f1.8 or larger, you may no have much chance to use iso over 3000, but it is always good to have higher available iso. For the price and what you got , D3400 is a good deal.
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