Eb Just
Well-known member
I am going back to Antarctica in October, so I thought an upgrade from the Ricoh 500G I used on the previous 2 trips was attractive because of the extra reach at the tele end of the zoom (though you lose the optical viewfinder), smaller size and lighter weight, and the couple of extra megapixels (should give a bit extra detail for enlargement).
I've just donesome comparison shots between the two (a large bookshelf in my study, using flash at ISO100). At first glance exposure and general appearance of the images was extremely close. But looking closer... ouch! The G600 is noticeable less sharp and has more visible grain at ISO 100! It's no good having extra pixels when they can't hold extra detail and add noise.
Guess I'll be taking the 500G instead!
Problems:
Less sharp than earlier 500G;
Visible noise even at ISO 100.
I've just donesome comparison shots between the two (a large bookshelf in my study, using flash at ISO100). At first glance exposure and general appearance of the images was extremely close. But looking closer... ouch! The G600 is noticeable less sharp and has more visible grain at ISO 100! It's no good having extra pixels when they can't hold extra detail and add noise.
Guess I'll be taking the 500G instead!
Problems:
Less sharp than earlier 500G;
Visible noise even at ISO 100.