04-21-2012, 10:00 AM
its not only about specs sheets and gearheads. Those dr improvements might look a bit overdone at 14ev at base iso but it also brings you decent dr at highr iso. it is, along with improvements on the noise departments, rendering the concept of ISO transparent for the user. It is, for me at least a very interesting proposition as i dont regard sensitivity selection as a useful creative control (no, i can add noise later if i want to go grainy film like).Aperture and shutter speed are.
Idealy implemented auto iso has yet to come but clearly, imho it was about time manufacturers started thinking out of the film roll.
greetings,
s.
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The sensors are pretty solid still. Just Sony has developed a technique to keep read noise very low, and unless Sony licenses that to other parties, one can not just implement exactly the same.
In high ISO noise the 5D mk III does very well, as do the 18mp APS-C Canons compared to the 16mp/24mp Sony/Nikons.
Canon have been very active in developing serious video solutions, improvements in their professional high-FPS product and very sharp (and expensive) new lenses. It is not as if they lack research funds.
To get as low a read noise with a different implementation takes time, and meanwhile it is not as if very high dynamic range is so important... it actually is not. But of course, it is nice for spec list jockeys or people who are fond of getting rid of shadows.
Both Nikon and Canon have very nice products in their lineup at the moment, in my opinion.
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Idealy implemented auto iso has yet to come but clearly, imho it was about time manufacturers started thinking out of the film roll.
greetings,
s.
[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1334845047' post='17605']
The sensors are pretty solid still. Just Sony has developed a technique to keep read noise very low, and unless Sony licenses that to other parties, one can not just implement exactly the same.
In high ISO noise the 5D mk III does very well, as do the 18mp APS-C Canons compared to the 16mp/24mp Sony/Nikons.
Canon have been very active in developing serious video solutions, improvements in their professional high-FPS product and very sharp (and expensive) new lenses. It is not as if they lack research funds.
To get as low a read noise with a different implementation takes time, and meanwhile it is not as if very high dynamic range is so important... it actually is not. But of course, it is nice for spec list jockeys or people who are fond of getting rid of shadows.
Both Nikon and Canon have very nice products in their lineup at the moment, in my opinion.
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