Idunno dude, ISO 3200 is nearly unusable on the D3100 for anything you want a large picture of, the noise was just too much for me, especially so when I didn't

Idunno dude, ISO 3200 is nearly unusable on the D3100 for anything you want a large picture of, the noise was just too much for me, especially so when I didn't want to shoot fully stopped up. The noise has a look of its own and it compressed horribly and would lose a ton of color detail. Maybe with the right software but I like my workflow as is. The newer (relatively speaking) Nikon sensors contribute some additional DR as well, a comparison that I saw in a performance review a while back was closer to 2 or 3 stops between everything. Maybe it works for your style, but it was cramping mine. There is enough suffering in art, why add to it? > The difference in light gathering between an APS-C and full-frame camera of the same technological era is usually about one stop. If you make a several-year jump at the same time, that can be noticeable, I suppose. That's exactly what I am talking about, a sensor and format upgrade after several years. I have a DX body of the same generation and its sensor performance is very close to its FX brother, and they're both considerably better than the D3100.