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Image Quality: Is newer better?

Started Dec 2, 2012 | Discussions thread
GeraldW Veteran Member • Posts: 8,872
Re: Image Quality: Is newer better?

Is there a discernable difference?  If you're shooting in reasonable light at lower ISO, and viewed full screen or in letter size prints, the answer is NO.  My wife's 7 MP A710IS takes lovely photos with better DR than my 10 MP G7 did.  It is also cleaner at ISO 800.  In turn the G7 was sharper and produced more fine detail than my G11 or G12 and was close to the 12 MP G9.  The A630 would do just as well or better than the A710IS, so long as you don't need IS.  We're getting up in years and my wife's hands shake, so she absolutely needs IS.

I loved my S3IS and S5IS; but the chromatic aberration was really strong in high contrast shots.  The Panasonic FZ150 is no sharper; but has CA correction built in and a lens that's a bit slower than the S5IS.  It also has less noise at higher ISO, a better EVF and a much better LCD.

Four years ago my wife and I visited the Galapagos Islands.  This year we went back.  In 2008 I brought the S5IS, G7, and SD870IS, and my wife's A710IS.  In 2012 we took the FZ200, SX230HS, and S90, and my wife's A710IS.  After we got home, I compared the images from the two trips that were taken under similar conditions.   The FZ200 is no sharper than the S5IS, provided CA doesn't intrude and that's a matter of lighting conditions.  But the FZ200 does better in low light and goes much longer and much wider and has much better EVF and LCD.  The S90 is much better than the SD870IS in low light and has greater DR in daylight.  But that's why I bought the S90.  The SX230HS is as good as the G7; but so is the A710IS.  The SX230HS really scores on size and weight, and by going wider and much longer.  I also used it a lot more often than the G7.

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