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Nikon D3100 Sample at 3200 ISO

This weeks Photo of the WEEK does not come from my D3S shot as some extremely Hi ISO but comes from the new Nikon D3100. I have been testing out the D3100 for a little over a week now and wanted to push it to its limits.

I consider shooting ice hockey to be one of the toughest situations other than low light concert situations to get quality images. I wanted to see how this camera handled at its top recommended ISO which is 3200. If i were to try and shoot the older Nikon D3000 at 1600 the results would have been pretty atrocious.

Let’s take a look at this video below to see how everything turned out. Stay tuned for a full review of the Nikon D3100 coming up in the next few weeks.

Nikon D3100 Nikon 70-200 2.8 VR II
1/400th at F/2.8 shot at 145mm
Shot RAW NOT CROPPED

Nikon D3100 Sample at 3200 ISO