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Panasonic DMC-FZ30 review Gordon Laing, January 2006


 



 




Outdoor
/ Resolution / Noise / Corner sharpness / Fringe and macro / Geometry / Vignetting

Panasonic DMC-FZ30 noise level comparison

  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.

All-in-one cameras normally suffer from much higher noise levels than digital SLRs because their sensors tend to be physically smaller. This is clear when comparing the Panasonic FZ30 with the Canon 350D. Impressively, the Fujifilm S9500 maintains very low noise levels considering its small sensor size, but smearing is apparent at 1600 ISO.

Panasonic DMC-FZ30
Fujfifilm FinePix S9500 Zoom
Canon EOS-350D
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1
Panasonic DMC-FZ30 at 100 ISO
Fujfifilm FinePix S9500 Zoom at 100 ISO
Canon EOS-350D at 100 ISO
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 at 160 ISO
100 ISO
100 ISO
100 ISO
160 ISO
Panasonic DMC-FZ30 at 200 ISO
Fujfifilm FinePix S9500 Zoom at 200 ISO
Canon EOS-350D at 200 ISO
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 at 200 ISO
200 ISO
200 ISO
200 ISO
200 ISO
Panasonic DMC-FZ30 at 400 ISO
Fujfifilm FinePix S9500 Zoom at 400 ISO
Canon EOS-350D at 400 ISO
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 at 400 ISO
400 ISO
400 ISO
400 ISO
400 ISO
Panasonic DMC-FZ30 - 800 ISO not available
Fujfifilm FinePix S9500 Zoom at 800 ISO
Canon EOS-350D at 800 ISO
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 at 800 ISO
800 ISO not available
800 ISO
800 ISO
800 ISO
Panasonic DMC-FZ30 - 1600 ISO not available
Fujfifilm FinePix S9500 Zoom at 1600 ISO
Canon EOS-350D at 1600 ISO
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 at 1600 ISO
1600 ISO not available
1600 ISO
1600 ISO
1600 ISO
Panasonic DMC-FZ30 - 3200 ISO not available
Fujfifilm FinePix S9500 Zoom - 3200 ISO not available
Canon EOS-350D - 3200 ISO not available
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 at 3200 ISO
3200 ISO not available
3200 ISO not available
3200 ISO not available
3200 ISO

Results continued...

Outdoor / Resolution / Noise / Corner sharpness / Fringe and macro / Geometry / Vignetting

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