As for actual detail captured, the Sony A700 enjoys a very slight edge here at its lowest sensitivity, but it makes very little difference in real-life situations like these. The difference is measurable though as we’ll show in our A700 studio resolution results, but before heading there, scroll to the bottom of the page to check out a sample crop converted from a RAW file.

The RAW file processed using the default settings appears little different to the JPEG, although is a little sharper. Of course the benefit of shooting in RAW is having greater latitude to make adjustments, and Sony’s supplied software gives you plenty of options including the ability to apply the D-Range optimiser, adjust the noise reduction and fine-tune sharpening. If you’re willing to tweak, it’s possible to achieve what most would consider to be far superior results. Now let’s look at the A700’s resolution.