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lahnet
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject: ISO 3200 performens / Sony A700 |
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lahnet wrote:
Today I went to a Museum to test the high ISO performance on A700. This is important to me because I a going on a 2 weeks track in the Pyrenees late April.
Weight issues are most important to me on this trip, and I would like to leave my Flashgun at home.
The pictures I will be shooting are landscapes, and of course I have no problem here, but I will also like to shot inside some of the old Knights Templar churches build to protect the pilgrims on the way to Santiago de Compostela.
Settings in CS3 was like this:
No other noise reduction has been made. Besides NR my normal PP has been made.
So I am asking all of you can I leave my flash at home?
All ISO 3200
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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LucisPictor wrote:
For ISO 3200 (!) these results are amazing! _________________ Personal forum activity on pause every now and again (due to job obligations)!
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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bob955i wrote:
In addition to your camera's fine performance, get Noise Ninja and you could probably throw your flash away.... |
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Amazing performance ! My Oly perform this at ISO400 _________________ -------------------------------
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Hooper
Joined: 06 Dec 2007 Posts: 174 Location: N.W UK
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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Hooper wrote:
Fantastic for such a high ISO!! Practical Photography magazine put the A700 up against the Nikon D300 and the Sony won!!! (very close though!) |
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Farside
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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Farside wrote:
The performance of that looks good at 3200, but isn't the inside of that museum quite well lit, with the missing floor and all?
I'd suspect any old churches or monasteries might be a fair bit gloomier, but you can tell me _________________ Dave - Moderator
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lahnet
Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 1164 Location: Denmark
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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lahnet wrote:
Farside wrote: |
The performance of that looks good at 3200, but isn't the inside of that museum quite well lit, with the missing floor and all?
I'd suspect any old churches or monasteries might be a fair bit gloomier, but you can tell me |
You are of course right, but I have at least 2 stops more on shutter speed and at least 2 more f/ stops. I just remembered I still have the build in flash
Looking at these again makes me think I will leave the big flash at home. _________________ Henrik
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kuuan
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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kuuan wrote:
amazing quality, that is detail and little noise, for ISO 3200!
colors seem a bit off sometimes, or maybe it is just me thinking that the wood was painted white instead of blue?:
but my 'correction' was just a fast desaturation of the blues, so they also got lost in the stairs and it that box _________________ my photos on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/collections |
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
let the flash home lahnet superb 3200 iso result! _________________ T* |
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fotomachi
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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fotomachi wrote:
If these pictures were taken with a Nikon D80 (my camera), I'd say ISO800. Not too bad.
Have a nice trip in Southern France. Several years ago, I hiked from the Franco-Spanish border to León over the camino. I did not start in St-Jean-Pied-du-Port, as most people do, but I followed the Camino Aragones. By far the most impressive landscapes I saw during my journey were the first few days, in the Spanish Pyrenees. Even more impressive, however, was the French side of the Pyrenees. _________________ :::[ f o t o m a c h i . M X ]:::
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lahnet
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:28 am Post subject: |
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lahnet wrote:
Thanks for all comments.
kuuan wrote: |
amazing quality, that is detail and little noise, for ISO 3200!
colors seem a bit off sometimes, or maybe it is just me thinking that the wood was painted white instead of blue?: |
Actually they had a blue tone. But thanks anyway
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Several years ago, I hiked from the Franco-Spanish border to León over the camino. I did not start in St-Jean-Pied-du-Port, as most people do, but I followed the Camino Aragones. By far the most impressive landscapes I saw during my journey were the first few days, in the Spanish Pyrenees. Even more impressive, however, was the French side of the Pyrenees. |
I will be walking the Carmino from St-Jean-Pied-du-Port to Burgos, but I will be doing some detours, because of my interest in the Knights Templar churches. _________________ Henrik
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:59 am Post subject: |
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Richard_D wrote:
Hooper wrote: |
Fantastic for such a high ISO!! Practical Photography magazine put the A700 up against the Nikon D300 and the Sony won!!! (very close though!) |
Not quite the A700 got the best buy, but the D300 was judged the better camera if money was no object.
Image quality wise the results seemed to show that the jpegs of the A700 were slightly warmer and brighter than the D300, but if the raw files were tweaked both gave near identical results. As the sensors are almost certainly the same Sony sensor I guess it's not that surprising. What's impressive is how much Sony has improved on the A100.
Both cameras seem to lead the high-ISO performance (if you ignore the unbelievable D3), but looking at the Canon 40D that's not far behind, and far better than pretty much anything produced a year ago. _________________ Richard
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Juanma
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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Juanma wrote:
They all look great, except #3, why? It looks a lot noisier that others.
Richard, the Nikon D300 has an extra sharpness (pixel peeping only), but the Sony has a built-in IS for all lenses. The problem with the Sony is that the Sony lens lineup (AF lenses) is quite limited and expensive.
Al always, you can't have it all... _________________ Juanma
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lahnet
Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 1164 Location: Denmark
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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lahnet wrote:
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The problem with the Sony is that the Sony lens lineup (AF lenses) is quite limited and expensive.
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You just have to remember that all Minoltas AF lenses fit direct on Sony. Minolta has so many good lenses, the G serie, the beercan series, Lecia made 28-135, a lot of primes and macros.
And Zeiss has a nice serie of lenses made for Sony, 28-70, 16-80, 135mm ect.
I am not missing anything, and the built-in IS _________________ Henrik
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Juanma
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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Juanma wrote:
lahnet wrote: |
Juanma wrote: |
The problem with the Sony is that the Sony lens lineup (AF lenses) is quite limited and expensive.
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You just have to remember that all Minoltas AF lenses fit direct on Sony. Minolta has so many good lenses, the G serie, the beercan series, Lecia made 28-135, a lot of primes and macros.
And Zeiss has a nice serie of lenses made for Sony, 28-70, 16-80, 135mm ect.
I am not missing anything, and the built-in IS |
I know about Minolta lenses, but they're some difficult to find, and AF lenses are more prone to broke down than good old MF lenses, so I think buying new ones is a good idea.
Nothing to say about the quality of good Minolta lenses. They are really really good.
New Sony-Zeiss lenses are good too, but (still) few and expensive. for The new 24-70 is going to cost here something like 1900 euros... and the 70-300 f4-5,6 is to be priced at 900 euros... _________________ Juanma
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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Farside wrote:
lahnet wrote: |
You just have to remember that all Minoltas AF lenses fit direct on Sony. Minolta has so many good lenses, the G serie, the beercan series, Lecia made 28-135, a lot of primes and macros.
And Zeiss has a nice serie of lenses made for Sony, 28-70, 16-80, 135mm ect.
I am not missing anything, and the built-in IS |
I see the Minolta AF register distance is 44.5mm, so that's handy for manual lens use, assuming adapters are available (I haven't looked).
How do the Sony cams feel for ruggedness and ease of use? _________________ Dave - Moderator
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lahnet
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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lahnet wrote:
Juanma wrote: |
lahnet wrote: |
Juanma wrote: |
The problem with the Sony is that the Sony lens lineup (AF lenses) is quite limited and expensive.
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You just have to remember that all Minoltas AF lenses fit direct on Sony. Minolta has so many good lenses, the G serie, the beercan series, Lecia made 28-135, a lot of primes and macros.
And Zeiss has a nice serie of lenses made for Sony, 28-70, 16-80, 135mm ect.
I am not missing anything, and the built-in IS |
I know about Minolta lenses, but they're some difficult to find, and AF lenses are more prone to broke down than good old MF lenses, so I think buying new ones is a good idea.
Nothing to say about the quality of good Minolta lenses. They are really really good.
New Sony-Zeiss lenses are good too, but (still) few and expensive. for The new 24-70 is going to cost here something like 1900 euros... and the 70-300 f4-5,6 is to be priced at 900 euros... |
I have 5 old Minoltas from eBay. All have been "topdollar". The 70-300 is not a Zeiss it a G and cost 800 US$ from Sony.com
I think street price in EU will be 800€. That is a lot of money, buy I do not think it is expensive for a Zomm in the best series.
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lahnet wrote: |
You just have to remember that all Minoltas AF lenses fit direct on Sony. Minolta has so many good lenses, the G serie, the beercan series, Lecia made 28-135, a lot of primes and macros.
And Zeiss has a nice serie of lenses made for Sony, 28-70, 16-80, 135mm ect.
I am not missing anything, and the built-in IS |
I see the Minolta AF register distance is 44.5mm, so that's handy for manual lens use, assuming adapters are available (I haven't looked).
How do the Sony cams feel for ruggedness and ease of use? |
M42 adapters are easy to find, I do not know about other systems. Viewfinder are better than good, and screen resolution far better than Canon. It is actully possible to evaluate sharpness.
I love the feel of it, but I believe this is different from one person to another. _________________ Henrik
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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I will be walking the Carmino from St-Jean-Pied-du-Port to Burgos, but I will be doing some detours, because of my interest in the Knights Templar churches. |
That's good. Burgos is an interesting city, nice cathedral. I stopped there for a day to explore the city. Also, the countryside was nice from the Franco-Spanish border until Burgos. From Burgos to Leon was rather boring and monotonous compared to the first/second week of hiking.
A general hint: when you are tired in the evening and explore the local village, don't forget to take a look in the churches. I often found the priests playing organ. After a day of harsh sun and fatigue, the demonic sounds coming out of these instruments have a special impact on you, especially when you are sitting in a medieval setting. In Castrojeriz (between Burgos and Leon, that is), I was really exhausted after my first 40km hike of the trek. Attracted by the music when I passed the church, I went in. The music was very heavy, overpowering, I took a chair to sit down and noticed a rosette with a pentagram at the entrance of the church. As I sat down, I also noticed a bat flying around... Too much, too much... _________________ :::[ f o t o m a c h i . M X ]:::
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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Farside wrote:
lahnet wrote: |
M42 adapters are easy to find, I do not know about other systems. Viewfinder are better than good, and screen resolution far better than Canon. It is actully possible to evaluate sharpness.
I love the feel of it, but I believe this is different from one person to another. |
Thanks for that. I'm trying to get a feel of what will be worth considering for my next cam. I'm still leaning towards a K10D and the new Sonys are suddenly looking appealing. _________________ Dave - Moderator
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lahnet
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:19 am Post subject: |
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lahnet wrote:
Farside wrote: |
lahnet wrote: |
M42 adapters are easy to find, I do not know about other systems. Viewfinder are better than good, and screen resolution far better than Canon. It is actully possible to evaluate sharpness.
I love the feel of it, but I believe this is different from one person to another. |
Thanks for that. I'm trying to get a feel of what will be worth considering for my next cam. I'm still leaning towards a K10D and the new Sonys are suddenly looking appealing. |
For more info on Sony you shout take a look on this site:
http://www.dyxum.com/index.asp _________________ Henrik
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