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There’s a lot of noise about the Nikon D850 right now but few direct comparisons. One problem I have with some early reports is that new D850 owners are most likely to be existing D810 or perhaps D750 or D5 owners. Any comparisons are therefore being made with earlier Nikon sensors. Recently a Nikon ambassador . . . → Read More: Sony A7RII versus Nikon D850 – noise Share this: Comments are closed  Equipment Reviews, NEX System, Sony Digital Cameras  A7R Mark II, A7RII, Alpha, comparison, D850, file, full frame, Nikon, noise, raw, report, review, sensor, Sony, test Before the launch of the NEX models, the last camera we reviewed here was the Alpha 550. The final review pages dealt with the high ISO performance. Following the release of Adobe Camera Raw 6.1 and 6.2, the new ’2010 Process’ has replaced the ’2003 Process’ in conversions (you can select either option). The 2010 . . . → Read More: ACR 6.2 2010 Process – huge improvement Share this: 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Software Reviews 6.2, A550, ACR, Adobe, Alpha 550, ARW, camera raw, conversion, CS5, grain, high ISO, noise, NR, plugin, process, raw, Sony SONY has released a new alogrithm for raw conversion (deBayer) which offers improve high ISO noise. IDC (Image Data Converter) is the program issued with all Sony DSLRs. Up to now, no maker has ever revised their ‘house’ converter to offer high ISO improvement as a specific feature. The new version can be downloaded free . . . → Read More: High ISO Noise fix for Image Data Converter Share this: 13 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), News, Software Reviews ARW, high ISO, IDC, Image Data Converter, Mac OSX, noise, NR, raw, raw conversion, raw processor, Snow Leopard, Sony, upgrade, Windows My review of the Alpha 550 has caused controversy because of the blue sky noise. I might as well say that over the last week, I’ve used the 550 in a wide range of conditions – some very bad conditions included – and its failure to match ISO 100 finesse would not worry me at . . . → Read More: Alpha 550: sky noise, exposure and Auto ISO Share this: 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, Software Reviews, Troubleshooting Adobe Camera Raw, Alpha 550, ARW, blue sky, camera, digital, DSLR, ISO, ISO 200, noise, raw, sky noise, Sony Like Mike Johnston writing in The On-Line Photographer, I’m aware that any attempt to line up one or more cameras and show comparison images or make judgements is on to a loser from the start. And any webmaster who puts an external link in the first half dozen words of a new post is losing . . . → Read More: Sony Alpha 900 and Nikon D3X raw file noise comparison Share this: 21 comments - (Comments are closed) Uncategorized A900, Alpha 900, comnversion, comparison, D3X, ISO, Nikon, Nikon D3X, noise, performance, raw, review, sensor, Sony, Sony A900, Sony Alpha 900, test Following the review on dPreview – more than anywhere else – Sony’s extremely poor JPEG engine with its associated wide radius chroma blur and strong luminance smoothing noise reduction has proved to be a dog well capable of biting its master. Definitely a dog, anyway. But this performance is not what the camera can really . . . → Read More: The Alpha 900 as a high ISO body Share this: 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Lenses - Alpha Mount, Uncategorized 3200, 6400, 900, A900, Alpha, high ISO, Nikon D3, noise, Sony, Sony Alpha 900 The Alpha 900 – and indeed the Alpha 700 with new firmware v4 – offer a three-bracket sequence at a 2 stop interval to enable HDR blending, usually from static tripod-mounted views. At the Edinburgh Alpha 900 launch, I braced myself firmly against an open window, leaning out over the street, and tried an example . . . → Read More: Alpha 900 HDR bracketing Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, News, Photo Techniques, Software Reviews Alpha 900, bracketing, HDR, JPE, noise, processor, raw, sample, sharpness, Sony Apple’s Aperture 2.0 is a tedious program to test, with all its creation of ‘projects’ and ‘libraries’, ‘albums’, ‘vaults’ and nonstandard GUI, and it isn’t fast in processing files or passing them to Photoshop (which it does in 16-bit form, just another step to reverse before saving as far as I’m concerned). However, it’s handling . . . → Read More: Apple Aperture 2.0 processes A700 raw Share this: |
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