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100-300 vs. 50-200+1.4TC: surprised!

Started Jun 1, 2014 | Discussions thread
luisflorit
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Re: 100-300 vs. 50-200+1.4TC: surprised!

AV Janus wrote:

Because it is a bit grainy. You can see it in all the fine color trasitions and darker single color frame parts.
I see it on my EM5 as well.
If you want perfect studio quality smoothness you must brushit with a de-noise brush
Its irritating for some spetial shots. Urrelevant for most. But it there. M43 curse.

It's not just a sensor size thing. It is noisier at base ISO than my E5, that also has a 2x crop factor. Of course, it has more resolution, so you could blame that. Still, much better high ISO than my E5, what is strange due to the lower IQ at base ISO. I confess I don't understand why, I just know it is noisy.

OP, thanks for the comparison. They are very revealing.

You're welcome.

Best,

L.

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