D7000 Read Noise
Prepared 2011-12-18 by Bill Claff (revised 2012-04-02)

 

The D7000 Read Noise values were determined from the Optical Black data in NEF files.

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


ISO

noise
ADU

100

1.659

125

2.013

158

2.400

200

2.936

251

3.520

317

4.391

400

5.343

503

6.447

634

7.717

800

9.717

1007

11.134

1269

11.401

1600

11.104

2015

11.184

2539

11.252

3200

11.505

4031

11.229

5079

11.205

6400

11.294

8063

11.347

10159

11.505

12800

11.292

25600

11.286


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


Shown as a log-log chart for clarity.

The open symbols represent the numbered ISO values while the closed symbols represent to "Lo" and "Hi" values.