I see some issues with the Stabilised Image... both grain as well
as serious aberrations around the blue on the girl's arm on the
right hand side of the figure. It's considerably worse than I
though it might be. If you follow the blue highlight it becomes
white when it reaches the girl's shoulder. Not good at all.
In the bathroom/glass abstract picture, there's a considerable
amount of grain in all the intense colours as well as other
problems that ought to be evident to other viewers. Some parts of
this image actually look slightly blurred. I can handle the noise
but not the impression that there's some blur in this image for
some reason. The CA in this particular picture is VERY obvious in
the few intense reflections... and that means that they've
deliberately avoided external picture samples for this reason. I
think when you see daylight shots, that this camera 9with this
chip) is going to have some serious issues with CA.
The last picture is currently downloading: Already I can see
intense CA issues that I personally would find unacceptable on a
digital camera. The lack of detail at this distance surprises me
and a lot of detail seems to be lown out from the whites at the
bottom of the picture (also, see the white plate) . Her arm and
fingers show the reaction to harsh colour and the beginnings of
intense CA. Out in sunlight, this would have been a nightmare
picture. It seems to me that the new Minolta may not be as strong
a contender for the 8MP chip as I thought. The Anti Shake clearly
works for lowlight indoor shots but Minolta is clearly lacking in
decent lens and digital processing capabilities. I expected
sharper images from this camera system.
Does anyone think I'm being over-critical or unrealistic?
Cheers,
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Marco Nero.
http://www.pbase.com/nero_design
