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Marcello Zini
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The camera looks great, I think the em-5 will make me switch from aps-c to m43 but I want to see some more pictures, for some reasons the images I see from Nikon and Canon look better to me (more pleasing colors) than those of other brands (out of camera jpg of course).
Back to iso test I think, aside from the ISO 2006 standards, what would be of interest for the majority of us to compare high iso performance would simply be setting up a scene with identical light, similar lenses and shoot at the same shutter speed, aperture and camera ISO. This would give a real idea, of what a camera can do out in the field compared to another.
FreeRadical009: I wonder how does the fact that Olympus' true ISO values differ greatly from the actual, standardized ISO values vis-a-vis High ISO results shown in this review, affect the final outcome.
The high ISO shots against the Sonys do look promising, but if it's not the true high ISO they claim it is, then I got to wonder if the sensor is really that good at all.
It's like comparing how much kilometers you get out of a liter of gasoline between two cars, except that with one, you take off everything that adds weight and you end up with a bare bones car, while on the other one, you keep the standard equipment.
Obviously the bare bones will give better performance because of the reduced weight, but that doesn't mean it will perform that good with the standard equipment on.
I'm not making this up, you can find this in DxO's site.
I think, aside from the ISO 2006 standards, what would be of interest for the majority of us to compare high iso performance would simply be setting up a scene with identical light, similar lenses and shoot at the same shutter speed and aperture varying camera ISO to match the brightness of the image. This would give a real idea of what the camera can do compared to another.
Brigcam: How are you supposed to do any meaningful comparison with this tool when the shooting parameters aren't equal?
For example, G3 vs OM-D same lens (OLYMPUS 50mm Lens) at 1600:
OM-D S:1/400 A:6.3
G3: S:1/640 A:6.3
Nevertheless, Brigcam my have a point. Assuming that dpreview tests are all made with the same power of illumination (are they?) some camera manifacturers cheat on the actual iso sensitivity, and the different shutter speed could just be that. Actually, other reviews say that the EM-5 just does that - I hope it's not true
Jmmg: 36MP? Really!? When is this My DiXX bigger than your DiXX cold war going to end? Why don't they just simply made a digital back with different MP counts for all the people believe the more MP=better photographer they will become...Few people could use a P & S camera less then 6mp to get great shots, many people paid ridicules money but their photos still looks like crap...Money and MP do not = better photographer or better pictures, just my humble 2 cents.
True what draschan says, but if only those with your specific needs would buy the D800, Nikon wouldn't be able to justify the RD put into its development. The revenue will come from all the others wanting the D800 just because pixels are cool ;)
Almost, Canon... make the next one 24-60 f 2.8-4 and I'll buy one.
Marcello Zini: I would definitely bet on the success of the plan, given the specs and the targeted audience. The point is, I was hoping to extend my nikon system with an extremely compact body to eventually screw my Nikon lenses and sb600 on just as many m4/3 users happily do by keeping an Oly pen as an extra body in addition to a dslr. It lools like we may have to forget about it, then :-/
uhmm not enough for me. I like taking shots indoor bouncing the light of a manual flash on top of the Pana LX3 but it's not dslr level, lots of details but not as much dynamic range; besides, no ttl flash. I wanted a D7000 sensor and a Nikon hot shoe in a small body, otherwise I may as well get a Sony I guess
I would definitely bet on the success of the plan, given the specs and the targeted audience. The point is, I was hoping to extend my nikon system with an extremely compact body to eventually screw my Nikon lenses and sb600 on just as many m4/3 users happily do by keeping an Oly pen as an extra body in addition to a dslr. It lools like we may have to forget about it, then :-/