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The 1001 Noisy Cameras blog directed me to this page from Focus Numerique, comparing noise levels of all the currently-available µ4/3 cameras.
Obviously the test subject is very limited, not all cameras were tested with all possible combinations of settings, and in short Your Mileage May Vary. But just looking at what's there and comparing it at face value (restricted further by my inability to read French) the following observations popped out at me:
-- Just looking at overall image usability, there isn't a huge difference among the cameras until about ISO 800.
-- From there on up, the original G1 is noticeably noisier than the GH1, GF1, and EP1; the latter three are all pretty comparable overall although with slightly different "looks."
-- This one really surprised me: in all four cameras, high-ISO images made with "correction de lumière" enabled (I assume this is the "intelligent auto exposure" feature that's supposed to help deal with high contrast) looked significantly worse than with it off. I had been leaving this on by default; now I know better!
Any other observations/comments?
Obviously the test subject is very limited, not all cameras were tested with all possible combinations of settings, and in short Your Mileage May Vary. But just looking at what's there and comparing it at face value (restricted further by my inability to read French) the following observations popped out at me:
-- Just looking at overall image usability, there isn't a huge difference among the cameras until about ISO 800.
-- From there on up, the original G1 is noticeably noisier than the GH1, GF1, and EP1; the latter three are all pretty comparable overall although with slightly different "looks."
-- This one really surprised me: in all four cameras, high-ISO images made with "correction de lumière" enabled (I assume this is the "intelligent auto exposure" feature that's supposed to help deal with high contrast) looked significantly worse than with it off. I had been leaving this on by default; now I know better!
Any other observations/comments?