Studio scene comparison (RAW)

This is our standard studio scene comparison shot taken from exactly the same tripod position. Lighting: daylight simulation, >98% CRI. Crops are 100%. Ambient temperature was approximately 22°C (~72°F).

For this scene we use our standard RAW workflow (sharpening turned off in the raw converter and applied at an equal level in Photoshop before saving as JPEG):

• Load RAW file into Adobe Camera RAW (Auto mode disabled) / Capture One
• Set Sharpness to zero (all other settings default)
• Open file to Photoshop
• Apply a Unsharp mask: 100%, Radius 0.6, Threshold 0
• Save as a TIFF (for cropping) and as a JPEG quality 11 for download

Note: this page features our new interactive studio shot comparison widget. Click here to find out more. Also note that in our tests, the Sony Alpha 390 gives effectively the same image quality as its predecessor the A380. We have not therefore included the A380 in this page, but you can select it as one of the comparison cameras if you wish.