Andy Wilson wrote: Daan B wrote: Andy Wilson wrote:
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If you shoot RAW, these samples aren\'t representative. The RAW files will always be way noisier when unprocessed. Since the 5D2 tested was also a beta, things may or may not change before the actual release. Having said that, we also don\'t know what in-camera sharpening and high ISO NR settings were applied to these samples. High ISO NR will always sacrifice some details/sharpness.
You are right I do shoot in RAW and so it is a bit comparing apples to oranges and also, as you say, this is a pre-production camera. However I\'m certainly impressed with what I see so far. But maybe I\'m too easily impressed. I would like to see some high iso in flourescent and tungsten lighting with WB corrected. That would give further clues.
The samples weren\'t exactly shot in challenging conditions, I agree.
The provided ISO 1600 and 3200 ISO samples look like the ones I get from my 1Ds3, only with more in-camera high ISO NR applied. My guess would be that differences between 5D2 and 1Ds3 RAW files are only marginal (if any at all). The benefit would be with the 5D2 when shooting JPEG, because the 5D2 has 3 or 4 levels of high ISO NR compared to 1 level on the 1Ds3. But from the looks of it, the higher levels of in-camera high ISO NR sacrifice a great deal of sharpness/details. But if you shoot RAW, none of that really matters, because you want to apply noise reduction in PP anyway.
So, IQ will no doubt be stunning. It opens up a lot of possibilities in the large printing department. But 21MP will also challenge some lenses and the 5D2 AF system. 21MP ask for very precise focusing. And from the 5D2 files I have seen so far, a great deal seem to suffer from focus issues. Is this due to the shooter or the AF system itself (or both). Only time will tell. Once people are actually going to use the 5D2 we will certainly hear more about that
Sep 20, 2008 at 09:18 AM
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