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G15 RAW images Vs G12

Started Nov 24, 2012 | Discussions thread
bill hansen Forum Pro • Posts: 10,033
G15 less noisy?

Moving the comarator widget around to many different areas of the image at ISO 800 in RAW, I get the impression that, if anything, the G15 is less noisy than the G12. The difference isn't striking, but keeping in mind that the G15 images are larger than those of the G12, maybe in real life the G15 will come off as significantly less noisy. If the G12 images were magnified so they appeared on screen at the same image size as those of the G15, apparent noise in the G12 images would be magnified. In other words, for the identical size image display or print, the G15 might appear to be slightly less noisy than the G12.

Playing around with the comparator is instructive. You can find areas of the image in which any of the four default cameras "wins" in terms of noise. My own impression, though, is that G15 is probably slightly "better" than G12 in terms of noise at ISO 800.

But I'm still not going to run out and buy a G15. I have all the compact cameras I want, until someone comes up with afixed lens cam which solves the shutter-lag problem and still has good to excellent image quality.

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Bill Hansen
Ithaca NY, USA

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