Results just in....
Discussion
First thing I've had to do is check out the ISO range, and the noise it makes. The following pics are 100% crops. They have been adjusted for contrast and also sharpened, but it was done when they were all in the same file, so every one has had identical things done to it. ISO 100 at the top, going down in full stop increments to 3200 at the bottom (that's 100,200,400,800,1600,3200 for those of you who have forgotten Photograhy 101 
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What do I think? well, it is definately a huge improvement on my D1x, but I still think it lages behind the Canon offerings. 800 is easily useable, and so probably is 1600 at a push. 3200 will probably stay in the box, but when you consider that on the D1x I could see the noise from 3200 pics on the LCD preview screen with no magnification (this is not a joke...) then it really has come on a long way, especially considering the decrease in pixel size.
more to follow
) What do I think? well, it is definately a huge improvement on my D1x, but I still think it lages behind the Canon offerings. 800 is easily useable, and so probably is 1600 at a push. 3200 will probably stay in the box, but when you consider that on the D1x I could see the noise from 3200 pics on the LCD preview screen with no magnification (this is not a joke...) then it really has come on a long way, especially considering the decrease in pixel size.
more to follow
dcw@pr said:
Is it just me or does the 200 look sharper than the 100?
No you're right 200 does look slightly better. I would say there is a minor change in brightness of the white circle with the "C" in it which may be influencing us.
Certainly 100, 200 and 400 all look fine to me
Chris
Considering
a) what anyone would be using 1600 or 3200 for
b) the sort of results you'd have with film of those speeds
c) the sort of results sub 1600
...it looks pretty fantastic!
Question is what's going to be limiting factor? Camera and image sensor, or lens? Because it's all getting pretty damn close!
a) what anyone would be using 1600 or 3200 for
b) the sort of results you'd have with film of those speeds
c) the sort of results sub 1600
...it looks pretty fantastic!
Question is what's going to be limiting factor? Camera and image sensor, or lens? Because it's all getting pretty damn close!
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