09-05-2011, 09:43 PM
[quote name='Sammy' timestamp='1315239528' post='11316']
Upon further analysis including ISO 3200 files and having RAW Developer noise reduction as well as sharpening completely disabled I tend to conclude that the noise penalty for the higher pixel density is relatively small (downsized and compared to the Canon 7D). It´s clearly more evident at ISO 3200 but that´s already a somewhat extreme territory. The A77 Raw files look reasonably sharp too.
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The real test will be to print at same sizes. The higher res. images will make smaller "grain" noise, compensating somewhat the more noisy behavior. Resizing does not totally give the same results.
But this new sensor seems to be in the same ball park more or less as the Sony 16mp and Canon 18mp, I would be happy with it.
Upon further analysis including ISO 3200 files and having RAW Developer noise reduction as well as sharpening completely disabled I tend to conclude that the noise penalty for the higher pixel density is relatively small (downsized and compared to the Canon 7D). It´s clearly more evident at ISO 3200 but that´s already a somewhat extreme territory. The A77 Raw files look reasonably sharp too.
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The real test will be to print at same sizes. The higher res. images will make smaller "grain" noise, compensating somewhat the more noisy behavior. Resizing does not totally give the same results.
But this new sensor seems to be in the same ball park more or less as the Sony 16mp and Canon 18mp, I would be happy with it.