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For Fun - Sony A7 MIII w/ 24-70mm 2.8GM versus Samsung S20 64MP

Started Mar 9, 2020 | Discussions thread
ProfHankD
ProfHankD Veteran Member • Posts: 9,147
Re: For Fun - Sony A7 MIII w/ 24-70mm 2.8GM versus Samsung S20 64MP

AUP wrote:

Just for the heck of it, since the Samsung S20 is promoting a 64MP capable camera; I decided to pit it up against my A7 MIII.

About what I'd expect.

The S20 is doing remarkably well for the sensor it uses. However, the images do look significantly more "processed" than from the A7III, and the A7III shadow detail is much cleaner. Still, it's not a huge difference for a camera costing twice as much and using a much larger sensor.

For what it's worth, small sensors have long been surprisingly competitive in good lighting (e.g., the old PowerShot S70 actually outperformed the original EOS digital Rebel with the kit zoom). The extra nudge in quality of current cell phones is primarily from heavy computational processing, which is getting less obvious artifacting all the time.

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