Canon 5D Mark II and 1D Mark III Noise Test

Since I got the 5D mark II, I have been extremely pleased with the high noise control. My initial "observations" were that the 5D Mark II was about a full stop better in terms of noise control than the 1D Mark III.

While I certainly am not a professional reviewer, I was certainly interested to see whether my observation was correct or at least close.

Some things to note in my test:

1. All shots via tripod
   
2. All shots used each camera's self timer
   
3. All shots used a custom white balance via a gray card
   
4. All shots used the Canon 24-70 2.8 @ 51mm
   
5. All shots were at f5.6
   
6. All shots were done from ISO 100 - 6400
   
7. No in camera noise reduction
   
8. No noise reduction done via ACR or Photoshop

Canon 5D Mark II vs 1D Mark III Noise Test

Just listening... should be interesting.

I thought the 5Dmk2 was about a stop better too, but looks more like 1/2 a stop, I stand corrected....Thanks for doing this.

thatkatmat wrote in post #6917342
I thought the 5Dmk2 was about a stop better too, but looks more like 1/2 a stop, I stand corrected....Thanks for doing this.

No problem. I had myself convinced that the 5D Mark II was the full stop better. I no longer believe that. I probably should have done an SRAW one as well, but didn't think about it until after everything was taken apart.

Pretty impressive for the 5D considering the resolution difference.

timnosenzo wrote in post #6919650
Pretty impressive for the 5D considering the resolution difference.

I just added another one of the 5D mark II downsized from 21MP to 10MP. This almost starts to look about a full stop better.