Re: A simple question...


"David J Taylor"
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Neil Harrington wrote:
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But comparing with your FZ50 at its lowest ISO, could you still see a
difference between it and the D60? I'd be surprised if you could,
though admittedly I haven't actually done that sort of comparison
with my own cameras, i.e. same subject under the same conditions.

Neil

Neil,

From my own casual tests, there is a noticeable quality difference between
my wife's Panasonic FZ20 (5MP) and my own Nikon D40 (6MP) even at low ISO
and even when viewed on a 1.9MP display. Although the Leica lens on the
Panasonic is amongst the best in its class, if not /the/ best in its
class, the Nikon zoom lenses with a smaller zoom range than that of the
Panasonic (36-432mm, 12:1) can provide better quality. The Nikon image
appears a little sharper, although I admit that I have not made any
attempt to ensure that the two cameras have similar sharpening settings.

That's interesting, David. I will have to try some comparisons with my own
cameras. I have three Coolpix "prosumer" types with 8 MP (8400, 8700 and
8800) that have the so-called 2/3" type sensor, and a few with roughly
similar resolution and slightly smaller sensors (7900, P3, P5100 and P50).
My D70s, D40 and D80 of course don't exactly match any of those for
megapixels but are in the general ballpark. I'll try a brick wall or
something and some general subjects, maybe store windows with lots of
lettering.

Not sure when I'll get to this. It's been hot and humid here lately and at
such times I avoid the great outdoors.


Of course, my wife has a better eye for a good photo, so hers often win
irrespective of the technical quality!

A lot of folks here obsess too much about technical quality, I think. Some
of the best photos I've seen were not that good technically.

You've surely seen Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother." If you've ever seen a
large print of that you've immediately noticed that the focus is wrong --
Lange was using a large-format camera, depth of field was extremely shallow
and the plane of best focus was not on the subject's eyes where it should
have been, not even close. The texture of part of her clothes is tack sharp
but her eyes are not sharp at all. (On web images this is harder to see. I
used to have a big Graphic-Graflex book with this and some other famous
photos in very high quality full-page prints, and the focusing error really
jumps out at you.) But it's still a great shot.

Neil


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