Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Well, I have been thinking that I should switch back to Nikon to own the 36 MP D800 in the E version without the anti-moiré glass. The DXO review giving it the very best test results of any camera strengthened that idea and if one needs MF size files, then that's probably still true.
However, to my surpass, the 5DII seems to hold it's own in image quality, even to the D800's magic, albeit a small file.
The limits we find in the DSLR's are for practical purposes getting less and the differences minor. However, shooting in low light is still one of the most constant challenged for event, wedding, theater and music performance shoots. Added to that, the dual use of the modern DSLR as a video camera, low light capability if essential.
The new 5D III has little heritage from the 5DII except the general look and the nearly familiar menu. It's DNA comes from a hybrid of the 7D and 1Dx features. So, right now, it's the most economical Canon full frame camera with up to date AF capability.
I looked at the DPReview release of studio pictures with some reticence as I thought that was my past, after all, I'm switching to Nikon. Still I went, as i do to looking at pictures taken at ISO 3200. Why, because in most of the situations, 3200 ISO is the level which will allow pictures of most stage events and even weddings. Since a lot of wedding photographers already use jogs for much of their work, I thought it would be good to look at both jpg and RAW output of studio scenes.
I examined the squares of the Gretag Macbeth chart in the right side of the DPreview setup. That gives me a simple quick look at noise and the colors. The out of the camera jpg looks fine.
Screen shot DPReview With Permission
With the jogs, the Digic 5.5, (3x faster than Digic 5), corrects for aberrations including for the first time, chromatic aberrations, noise and does sharpening too! Actually I was blown away by the beauty of the out of camera jpg images at 3200. This got my attention.
Now the files would be normally processed from RAW, of course, that's what we are used to doing:
Screen shot of DPReview simple RAE processing in ACR
Screen shot DPReview With Permission
Screen shot DPReview With Permission
Noise corrected in CS5
For your own study of the DPReview studio pictures click here
And so my interest was piqued as the jpgs seem to compare favorably with these albeit ACR engine routinely produced basic images, not Capture One and not optimized for my own taste.
Asher
However, to my surpass, the 5DII seems to hold it's own in image quality, even to the D800's magic, albeit a small file.
The limits we find in the DSLR's are for practical purposes getting less and the differences minor. However, shooting in low light is still one of the most constant challenged for event, wedding, theater and music performance shoots. Added to that, the dual use of the modern DSLR as a video camera, low light capability if essential.
The new 5D III has little heritage from the 5DII except the general look and the nearly familiar menu. It's DNA comes from a hybrid of the 7D and 1Dx features. So, right now, it's the most economical Canon full frame camera with up to date AF capability.
I looked at the DPReview release of studio pictures with some reticence as I thought that was my past, after all, I'm switching to Nikon. Still I went, as i do to looking at pictures taken at ISO 3200. Why, because in most of the situations, 3200 ISO is the level which will allow pictures of most stage events and even weddings. Since a lot of wedding photographers already use jogs for much of their work, I thought it would be good to look at both jpg and RAW output of studio scenes.
I examined the squares of the Gretag Macbeth chart in the right side of the DPreview setup. That gives me a simple quick look at noise and the colors. The out of the camera jpg looks fine.
Screen shot DPReview With Permission
With the jogs, the Digic 5.5, (3x faster than Digic 5), corrects for aberrations including for the first time, chromatic aberrations, noise and does sharpening too! Actually I was blown away by the beauty of the out of camera jpg images at 3200. This got my attention.
Now the files would be normally processed from RAW, of course, that's what we are used to doing:
Screen shot of DPReview simple RAE processing in ACR
Screen shot DPReview With Permission
Screen shot DPReview With Permission
Noise corrected in CS5
For your own study of the DPReview studio pictures click here
And so my interest was piqued as the jpgs seem to compare favorably with these albeit ACR engine routinely produced basic images, not Capture One and not optimized for my own taste.
Asher