12-07-2010, 11:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-07-2010, 11:15 PM by Brightcolours.)
Colorfoto's test of "noise" always has been "wank", and especially when they redesigned the testing "methods" a few years back it has gotten worse.
They test JPEG, they do NOT look at if there has been done any NR, and what that means to still achievable image quality. In short: Color Foto's measuring of noise in particular and IQ in general is a joke and has been a joke for a long time.
And that is not just with recent DSLR tests, it has been that way for eons.
I do like their lens tests, although you do have to learn how to read them in order to get a real idea about the lenses.
Their big rival, Foto Magazin, is not much better in testing the performance/quality of the image data, though.
They test JPEG, they do NOT look at if there has been done any NR, and what that means to still achievable image quality. In short: Color Foto's measuring of noise in particular and IQ in general is a joke and has been a joke for a long time.
And that is not just with recent DSLR tests, it has been that way for eons.
I do like their lens tests, although you do have to learn how to read them in order to get a real idea about the lenses.
Their big rival, Foto Magazin, is not much better in testing the performance/quality of the image data, though.