The 3 Vs at High ISO

my Nikon 1 V1 System

Nikon 1 V3

Nikon 1 V2

One of my blog’s readers, MAVRITIVS was kind enough to do this test for me , comparing the 3 Nikon Vs at High ISO: 1 V1 , 1 V2, and 1 V3

He owns the 3 Vs and he prefers the color rendering of the V1: “it delivers  more film like rendering files” as he said.

SUMMARY   The V3 has more advanced features,  with 18Mp instead of 10Mp for the V1, 14MP for the V2; it has a great tilt touch screen, built in flash, built in WiFi, etc… One of the things that I wished the V3 has is a built in GPS. You can add the external GP-N100 GPS module to the V3 though but it’s either the GP-N100 or the external DF-N1000 EVF , and the same applies to attaching an external flash !!! I have the GP-N100 always attached to my V1 ! Can’t do that with the V3 though …

You can check my V1 gallery HERE and my AW1 gallery HERE

Below you can see the High ISO comparison between the 3 Vs. Click on the photo for larger view.

V1 ISO 200

V2 ISO 200

V3 ISO 200

V1 ISO 400

V2 ISO 400

V3 ISO 400

V1 ISO 800

V2 ISO 800

V3 ISO 800

V1 ISO 1600

V2 ISO 1600

V3 ISO 1600

V1 ISO 3200

V2 ISO 3200

V3 ISO 3200

V1 ISO 6400

V2 ISO 6400

V3 ISO 6400

V3 ISO 12800

CONCLUSION   As you can see , the difference between the 3 Vs is very minimal . The V3 only advantage is that it can go up to 12,800 ISO.  So , Does the V3 convince more than the V1, V2 in low light performance ? It’s for you to judge according to your needs … Personally, I might upgrade to V3 if I sell my V1 !