Nikon D5100 DxOMark Review
Thursday, April 28, 2011 Camera Review| Introduction | Nikon D5000 vs Nikon D5100: An improved sensor | Nikon D5100 vs Nikon D7000: same sensor, same results | Nikon D5100 vs Canon EOS 600D, the dxomark comparison | Conclusion |
Since the two bodies use the same sensor, their metrics should normally be very close, if not identical. The Sensor Use Case scores confirm this: they are almost identical.
A quick look at the other metrics only confirms their similitude. The SNR comparison shows a single line, which is to be expected as the values are the same.
These metrics show that D7000 and D5100 have the same sensor performance. The differences will be found elsewhere on the spec sheet: AF, body construction, memory cards slots, etc.
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