Introduction
In this page you'll find a technical test. Please refer here for an introduction, details and testing method.
Available sensitivities:

• standard: from 100 to 1600 ISO with 1 EV steps
• extended: 3200 ISO
  

Main results

• Gain. The measured gains follow accurately the power law.
  
• Unity gain at 1284 ISO
  
• Read noise. A constant decrease is found up to 1600 ISO. Using 3200 ISO produces no improvement on the read noise. The reason is clear looking at the histograms: 3200 ISO is not a true sensitivity, but it is produced by internal software. For best results in low light circumstances, use 1600 ISO.
  
• Dynamic range. Considering a full well capacity of 3500 ADU, the approximate dynamic range is computed and reported both in the table and graph below. The best dynamic range is obviously at 100 ISO, but also 200 and 400 ISO has a similar dynamic range. Above that sensitivity the dynamic range start to decrease noticeably. For best results on bright subjects, use 400 ISO or less.
  

True sensitivities
To distinguish between true and software interpolated sensitivities, the best method is to look at the histogram of a nearly uniform image (like a flat field). The result is shown in the figure below, and the conclusion is:

• 3200 ISO is obtained via internal software. The false sensitivity is also confirmed looking at the read noise data: the read noise of 3200 ISO is nearly equal to 1600 ISO.
  
• 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1600 ISO are true.
• no intermediate sensitivities (i.e. 1/3 stop) are possible using the standard firmware.
  

ISO	gain	read noise	Approx dynamic range
	[e-/ADU]	[e-]	[dB]
100	12.7931	29.121	63.7
200	6.3826	14.958	63.5
400	3.1828	8.046	62.8
800	1.6261	5.126	60.9
1600	0.7968	3.524	58.0
3200	0.4027	3.572	51.9

Histograms

Details of measurements at each ISO setting