A6700 images soft?

[Nigelous]

How do you determine that Z50 is less noisy? I have not tested them myself, but according to P2P measurements, they should be similar.

You can have a look at studio shot comparison. It seems that Z50 has the least noisy APS-C sensor:

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/image-comparison?attr18=lowlight&attr13_0=sony_a6700&attr13_1=nikon_z50&attr13_2=sony_a6600&attr13_3=nikon_zfc_studio&attr15_0=raw&attr15_1=raw&attr15_2=raw&attr15_3=raw&attr16_0=25600&attr16_1=25600&attr16_2=25600&attr16_3=25600&normalization=print&widget=1&x=0.20546251109139296&y=0.4849972000995521

 

[SrMi]

How do you determine that Z50 is less noisy? I have not tested them myself, but according to P2P measurements, they should be similar.

You can have a look at studio shot comparison. It seems that Z50 has the least noisy APS-C sensor:

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/im...=1&x=0.20546251109139296&y=0.4849972000995521

Those comparisons are unreliable, as they seem to be taken at different exposures (per raw histogram).

 

[goactive]

Well I have both - have had the Z50 for a long time now and regret buying it I should have sent it back when I could.

Now the a6700 it is by far much better in most every way.

In most but not in every. There is at least one point which is better in Z50. Namely, Nikon Z50/Z30 have the more sensitive sensor, which is noticeably less noisy than that of a6700. I wonder why Sony have not yet released any cameras with this 20MP sensor. I'd like to see it in a future Sony APS-C camera, such as a7000.

I am not seeing it be any more noisy then the Z50 at all. The a6700 files are a little larger so you need to lower it to the same size as the z50 and you see no more noice VS the Z50. Nothing you are going to see any different in a print.

I now have raw support using the adobe DNG converter and the raw files clean up fantastic from the a6700 no problem.

I am not someone that shoot at super high iso in the first place but doing some testing I see no problem.

My Z6 is more cleaner as expected but the A6700 is really no different in use then the Z50 except I like the a6700 color better for skin tones.

I am now going to start using the a6700 on most all our jobs in place of my Z6 something I could never do with the Z50.

Here is a iso 800 photo using the new Viltrox 75mm 1,2 lens on the a6700 this was edited from jpg and its very clean.
Using the right lens I really dont go to super high ISOs almost ever for anything I shoot.

Have not needed to go past iso 3200 for anything or any jobs we have shot. Even at a wedding reception in a dark reception I am only at around iso 1200 to 2000 and using bounce flash. May times iso 800 is all I need.

Got my RX10 4 In yesterday so far I like it the 600mm zoom is quite amazing even at iso 1600 and 600mm its very usable dong some testing last night. Will shoot some more today.

The viewfinder on the RX10 is much nicer then the one on the A6700 or Z50 its large more like the Nikon Z6 view.









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[chetstone]

UPDATE:

The softness in the 55-210mm lens I was using with the Sony was at least partly due to fungus growth on multiple lens elements. I sent the lens in to B&H for a trade-in evaluation and they caught this on their inspection.

 

[piticoto]

UPDATE:

The softness in the 55-210mm lens I was using with the Sony was at least partly due to fungus growth on multiple lens elements. I sent the lens in to B&H for a trade-in evaluation and they caught this on their inspection.

I would not use A6700 with 55-210. It deserves a better lens.

Then the fungus? It seems that 55-210 is prone to fungus. I got a new 55-210 in 2015 and in three years it had fungus. I got replies in the posts that it's humidity in the house. I didn't have that problem with the other lenses. I have humidity reading in multiple places, smart thermostat, air filters and an indoor-outdoor thermometer, all reading 40-45%. That is low enough and it should not cause fungus. I could see the fungus spread across the front element with just a 3x magnifying glass. After getting 18-135 and 70-350 I would not use 55-210 even if given to me for free. Actually I have one that was part of A5100 kit on eBay two years ago. I just wanted A5100 with 16-50, as I have 16-50 silver with 5T. The 55-210 will be sold on eBay.