Sure thing, Emilc - the lack of pattern noise was one if the things that jumped out at me, and - frankly - noise per se won\'t be an issue if the pattern noise has gone away, especially as the smaller pixel pitch of this sensor will make the grain of Luma smaller and less noticeable (much as has been observed comparing 40D files to, say, the output of the 30D).
On the DR point, I remain of the view that what the 40D delivers in DR is plenty for the majority of us (it\'s plenty for me anyway, and I routinely shoot in properly challenging DR situations) and with proper exposure and intelligent conversion and PP decisions, I never bin shots for unrecoverable blown highlights or blocked shadows.
Sure thing, Eric - the lack of pattern noise was one if the things that jumped out at me, and - frankly - noise per se won\'t be an issue if the pattern noise has gone away, especially as the smaller pixel pitch of this sensor will make the grain of Luma smaller and less noticeable (much as has been observed comparing 40D files to, say, the output of the 30D).
On the DR point, I remain of the view that what the 40D delivers in DR is plenty for the majority of us (it\'s plenty for me anyway, and I routinely shoot in properly challenging DR situations) and with proper exposure and intelligent conversion and PP decisions, I never bin shots for unrecoverable blown highlights or blocked shadows.
If the 7D is this good or better, it\'s a winner.
Sep 03, 2009 at 05:07 PM
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