Steve Saunders
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Quick test this. Similar shooting conditions and at similar distances from the subjects.
Canon 300 f2.8 IS USM L on the 1DMkIII and Nikon 300 f2.8 VR AFS on the D200. Jpegs as they came from the cameras, no NR or sharpening was applied either in-camera or afterwards and I just took a 500x500 pixel from each image and saved at quality setting 11 in Photoshop.
The D200 is generally accepted as being slightly less noisy than the D2X, ie it's currently Nikon's best performer at higher ISO. The Nikon sample holds up well, but clearly not as well as the Canon;
Canon 300 f2.8 IS USM L on the 1DMkIII and Nikon 300 f2.8 VR AFS on the D200. Jpegs as they came from the cameras, no NR or sharpening was applied either in-camera or afterwards and I just took a 500x500 pixel from each image and saved at quality setting 11 in Photoshop.
The D200 is generally accepted as being slightly less noisy than the D2X, ie it's currently Nikon's best performer at higher ISO. The Nikon sample holds up well, but clearly not as well as the Canon;