<p>It seems the Nikon engineers had some tricks up their sleeves when they put the D4 sensor inside the new Nikon Df, because while the sensor earned identical scores to the D4 in almost every category when DxOMark put it through its paces, the Df actually BEAT the D4 in the "low-light ISO" category.</p><p>But more than that, it beat EVERYBODY in that category, narrowly edging out the previous champion D3s to claim the number one low-light spot among DxOMark's rankings.</p><p>You can see how the camera stacks up to the two aforementioned contenders below:</p><p>DxOMark was sure to point out that these ISO numbers, and in particular the extremely tiny gap between the Df and the D3s, probably won't mean much in the real world, writing that it was, "more by luck than judgment [that] it's ahead of the D3s; though in real world terms the low-light capabilities are the same."</p><p><a href="http://petapixel.com/2013/12/10/nikon-df-takes-dxomarks-low-light-crown-performs-better-d4/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/12/10/dxomark-crowns-nikon-df-new-king-of-low-light">DxOMark crowns Nikon Df new king of low light</a> (imaging resource)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dmTQAY_V2zPSgVM-zcADnVcwj5M2M&ned=us">3 additional articles.</a></p>