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cputeq wrote:
There's no way I was going to pay their asking price for the NX1.
Unless you use the 4K, it's definitely pricey. Putting the same sensor in a $800 body without 4k video (and "only 9 fps") is aggressive though. It's hard to know what will happen with Samsung. Sometimes if they are TOO massive, they won't allocate their love to the photographic divisions. As an owner of the Canon 60Da, you can tell that Canon is selling a camera with pretty low margins out of love of the field. It's like a modern-day Nikonos.
Also, a few tips in case you ever decide to do another comparison -- ISO testing on a circuit card isn't the best target - you're missing lots of fine detail (except the letters) and it's hard to gauge noise performance because most of the colors are black, dark grey, or dark green and they're constantly interrupting one another -- looks like you had access to a color chart, so I would have just used that instead (with maybe a high-detail 'something' in the middle of it)
Agree. The test scene is actually much more interesting, but it was hard to cut everything down to the format @ SLR Lounge and not overwhelm with too much data. And I was a guest writer -- they have a "real" NX1 review coming up.
It looks like the lens was kept at the same focal length (kudos for adapting the lens), which means the Samsung crops look larger than the A7R's crops. I know opinions vary as to whether a FL-equivalent test should be done or just a straight-up 200mm on each camera test, but it might be a bit unfair to the Samsung, because the noisy areas are "enlarged" compared to the other two cameras.
It's a combo. I tested "platform" by trying to do focal length equivalent. Realistically, you need autofocus if you're going to do 15 fps and if the samsung native lenses were bad, it wouldn't be worth it.
For the sensor tests, i used the same lens. The 70-200/2.8IS II isn't my sharpest lens, but it was the sharpest lens i had with a tripod collar. I felt that would give more consistent results. Ideally, a Leica 180/3.4 would have been the best lens to use and adapt to all 3 platforms.
The argument for equal focal length is that no single lens is perfect at all focus distances. So if I used a zoom lens and zoomed out, it'd be a test of the lens not the sensor. if I used the same lens, but moved further away, it would affect the focus + depth of field. therefore, I tested the sensor in true crop mode. That 1:1 is the fairest test in a way because it lets you really decide for yourself. FF is awesome when you want wide angle. APS-C is better when dealing with tlephoto. I tried downsampling everything to 16MP (1Dx equiv) but TBH, the overall appearance is similar.
I would probably say that you're better off grabbing full res images off another site and downsampling it yourself.
The only thing I didn't test was the 24-70/2.8II *on* the Samsung. That would be interesting.
Still ,thanks for the good write-up and samples!
Thanks. Whether you're a Samsung fan or not, hopefully this lights a fire behind Canon to really invest in sensor technology again. As you can see from that last pic in the article -- I've historically shot Canon over everything else.
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