ISO Performance
May 18, 2021 14:10:15 #
User ID wrote:
They’ll wind up with 12MP plus excellent video capability. Nothing wrong with that ... but acoarst it will never generate very much envy here in Hogsville.
I have a Sony A7S and it is definitely enviable for its low light performance and video capability!
bwa
May 18, 2021 14:41:40 #
kenArchi wrote:
Were we this minutely critical during the SLR times?
The cameras that the OP is comparing may well be SLRs, but it didn’t matter and so he didn’t specify.
The waning of SLR dominance doesn’t seem to be affecting ISO performance expectations, and there are really no reasons that it should. But people do have mysterious beliefs !
May 18, 2021 14:43:25 #
amfoto1 wrote:
I suggest you spend some time looking at the info ... (show quote)
👍👍 PhotonstoPhotos is an excellent site and there are a dozen white papers available on their testing methodology. The writer of most of those and the creator is a member of UHH (bclaff).
It’s worth remembering that doubling the low light ISO number is 1 stop in performance, so the difference the OP mentions is trivial.
May 18, 2021 15:42:28 #
rbtree
Loc: Shoreline, WA, United States
jeep_daddy wrote:
I never use it because it will double the length of time an exposure takes. So if you take a 30 sec exposure, the camera won't be ready to take another image for 60 seconds.
You are right. However, when I'm shooting the night skies, Milky Way, etc, I have to shoot at 1600-5000 ISO, so I always set the "high ISO NR" to on. Long exposure NR? Sometimes I set it for exposures of under 30s, but it has to be set when shooting much longer exposure times, say over 30 seconds up to several minutes.
May 18, 2021 17:58:54 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
How high of an ISO do you want to use? At that ISO level, how does your current camera look? Is using a flash a better approach than a new camera?
If the candidate cameras have been out for a while, there will be detailed reviews and example images from ISO-100 through their highest ISO. Compare those examples against each other and against your current camera's results. Look at the 1:1 pixel level details.
Make an informed decision using these freely available resources.
If the candidate cameras have been out for a while, there will be detailed reviews and example images from ISO-100 through their highest ISO. Compare those examples against each other and against your current camera's results. Look at the 1:1 pixel level details.
Make an informed decision using these freely available resources.
May 19, 2021 07:24:58 #
kenArchi wrote:
Were we this minutely critical during the SLR times?
No Internet - less criticism.
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