On 11 September 2011 06:27, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's an interesting opinion being that no Micro-FourThirds cameras > were ever made with the 10Mpixel sensor, all were the 12.3Mpixel > sensor. >
Actually, that was my point as well. I wrote, " They didn't make that mistake a second time, the m43 EPs and EPLs (Electronic Pens) were never saddled with the 10MP sensor, and have been good sellers and performers." > I hear lots of statements about "the terrible Panasonic noise at high > ISOs", yet I've been shooting with Panasonic sensor cameras since 2007 > at ISO settings up to 6400 and no one has ever said anything about > there being "terrible high ISO noise" in my photos. Even when > exhibiting them against images made with the supposedly far-better > Sony sensors. > -- I couldn't find a camera with the 10MP Panasonic sensor that could reach iso6400. Olympus 410 and above, 510 and above and the Panasonic DMC-L10 all top out at iso1600. The Olympus E-3 tops out at iso3200, but its sensor is quoted as being 10.1MP and I can't verify that it's the same unit as the 10MP sensor. I have an Olympus E-410 that has the 10MP sensor. It seems passable at iso800, and I don't mind graininess/noise, but at 1600 it's not only very noisy but showing shadow banding, especially in artificial lighting. Daylight performance seems free of banding so it must be a problem of blue channel underexposure getting boosted to restore colour balance. The E-3 was a 3 to 4 times costlier camera with a more sophisticated processor, which explains a lot. But a quick look at its dpreview review, and a look at comparison samples, shows that it's the noisiest at high ISOs of all its contemporary peers, and as noisy at iso1600 as a Nikon D300 at iso6400. regards, Anthony "Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight" (Anon) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
