Interesting noise test chart from techrader

No interest? Do most people think the test is rubbish?
 
I don't think most people pay much attention to charts like these because they don't really relate them to the real world - I can much better understand noise from a 100% crop of various pics at various ISO levels.

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I've been doing that to at dpreview with the d700 and d7000 nef files. The difference is less than i thought.
 
It is really interesting to see the raw files on dpreview i've not seen it before. People see the figures in mags/websites and see the 1stop difference etc.., but it is good to see what it equates too in real life. I'm now looking at the om-d and d7000 comparisons, which to my eyes has less than a stop in it. Its hard to tell without downloading the images, but I don't see a stop between the d700 and d7000 either.
 
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Yeah, the OMD samples look very impressive considering the sensor size. I always set the area box around the ladies face as that to me shows the clearest difference.
 
twist said:
The new pens also share its sensor and AF speed so should be nice.
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Yeah i know and EURO400 price sounds good too. I meantime on another thread if they made a pen with a build in EVF for EURO600 i would bite there hand off!
 
twist said:
NEX6 also looks good, so many nice cameras coming out.
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Yes i will probably buy the nex6 because of the evf, i would happerly by a m4/3 if the brought out a compact evf camera. the omd and gh are just to big and expensive.
 
The noise thing is pretty much over. When I can get acceptable 11X14s at ISO 3,200 off a compact I lose interest in these charts ;)

It's not got any darker since cameras suddenly got better (roughly with the advent of the D3) so manufacturers will have to pick another number to wow us with.
 
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