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Compact digital camera noise level comparison
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To measure electronic noise levels
we photographed the standard Gretag Macbeth ColorChecker at each of the
camera's ISO settings. The crops are taken from the originals and presented
here at 100%. To compare typical noise in skies and dark shadows the crops
were taken from patches 3 and 24 respectively. Here the physically small sensor of the Pentax S6 reveals higher noise levels than its rivals, although the Canon A620 is noisier than we expected at 400 ISO. The Fujifilm F11 and Sony N1 are roughly neck-in-neck up to 400 ISO, but the F11 is better at 800 ISO and boasts a surprisingly usable 1600 ISO mode. |
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| Fujifilm FinePix F11 See FinePix F30 review and video tour |
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-N1 See Sony N2 review and video tour |
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