Comparative ISO Shots: G12 vs P7000

Recently, Canon and Nikon have done something to the G12 and P7000 that women in sitcoms dread the most: wearing clothes of the same colour and similar design!

But deep inside, how different are they? It is time to return to the boxing ring of comparative ISO shots. Last time, the P6000 was defeated out and out by the G10 and actually by all others. Has Nikon learned any new tricks to do justice to its brandname this time?

Since the Sony a55 is now known for producing nicely balanced useable high ISO images, references shots taken with the a55 are linked to give a yardstick. A55 has a bigger APS-C sensor instead of the tiny ones of the duo; of course we know it.

ISO 80	G12 0.6s f2.8	P7000	A55
100	1/2s f2.8	0.66s f2.8	ISO 100
200	1/5s f2.8	1/3s f2.8	ISO 200
400	1/10s f2.8	1/6s f2.8	ISO 400
800	1/15s f2.8	1/13 f2.8	ISO 800
1600	1/30s f2.8	1/27s f2.8	ISO 1600
3200	1/60s f2.8	1/48s f2.8	ISO 3200
HI		1/143s f2.8	ISO 6400 ISO 12800

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