Not that I'm not interested in a D3x, but I've gotten good results at large
sizes with the puny D3 12MP. Don't know what the extra 12 would get me.
Bill Pearce
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From: "WayneS" <om3ti@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] My New Year's Eve with a 5D MkII
>I myself would rather see less pixels and better noise performance.
> Going from 5D to 5Dmk2 pixel dimensions go from 8.2u to 6.4u,
> and is not too much change. Still, I doubt I ever shoot better than
> 8mp most of the time. There just aren't that many slow moving
> flat things to photograph, except perhaps the horizon. So the
> 5Dmk2 out resolves me most of the time.
>
> I found figure 9, on Apparant Image Quality, to be interesting.
> Especially the difference between FF and 4/3rds and smaller
> sensor sizes.
>
> WayneS
>
> At 03:47 PM 1/3/2009, Chuck wrote:
>>I may have to change my mind about 5D Mark II noise but the pixel
>>density still outresolves a lot of lenses. But that's doubly true for
>>an E3.
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>WayneS wrote:
>>> For low light sensitive enthusiasts, I found this an interesting site:
>>> http://www.clarkvision.com/imagedetail/digital.sensor.performance.summary/
>>>
>>> The 5DmkII sensor seems to have very low read noise levels. Even though
>>> the pixel size is smaller than the 5D, it also has lower noise.
>>> Interesting.
>
>
>
>
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