D4 Read Noise
Prepared 2012-01-11 by Bill Claff (last revised 2012-03-20)

 

The D4 Read Noise values were determined from the Optical Black data in NEF files.


Here is a table of measured values (in 14-bit ADUs):

 

ISO

noise
ADU

Gain
electrons/ADU

noise
electrons

50

2.346

7.22

16.9

62

2.346

7.22

16.9

79

2.388

7.22

17.2

100

2.385

7.22

17.2

125

2.493

5.73

14.3

158

2.553

4.55

11.6

200

2.371

3.61

8.6

251

2.556

2.87

7.3

317

2.680

2.27

6.1

400

2.977

1.81

5.4

503

3.288

1.43

4.7

634

3.781

1.14

4.3

800

4.179

0.903

3.8

1007

5.064

0.716

3.6

1269

5.810

0.569

3.3

1600

7.196

0.451

3.2

2015

8.438

0.358

3.0

2539

10.176

0.284

2.9

3200

12.520

0.226

2.8

4031

15.394

0.179

2.8

5079

19.592

0.142

2.8

6400

21.262

0.113

2.4

8063

26.574

0.09

2.4

10159

32.467

0.071

2.3

12800

40.698

0.071

2.9

16126

26.829

0.071

1.9

20318

31.771

0.071

2.3

25600

39.195

0.071

2.8

51200

38.654

0.071

2.7

102400

41.072

0.071

2.9

204800

41.282

0.071

2.9


Note that all electron figures are subject to change pending a better measurement of gain.

The following chart shows these values as a function of ISO:


Shown as a log-log chart for clarity.

The open symbols represent ISO values in the “normal” analog gain range while the closed symbols represent to "Lo" and "Hi" values.