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I'd guess that using Raw Developer with the D700 gives me better per pixel sharpness with that camera than I'd get with the Sony and some of the more popular Raw processing applications. I believe that Adobe Camera Raw and Aperture are both throwing away some of the detail. When I opened Jono's files in Raw Developer, the A900 per pixel sharpness was striking and obviously higher than my D700. I am certain that the difference would be visible in a print. I personally wouldn't trade my D700 kit for an A900 kit, but if I were shooting mostly landscapes, I'd make that swap without hesitation.Jono,
did you also compare prints between D700 and A900?
Do you feel that the stronger AA-filter of the Nikon also leads to a visible loss in detail in smaller prints?
Cheers, Tom
Given the A900 megapixel count, per pixel sharpness, and the quality of available glass, I have a hard time believing that a sub-30MP medium format camera could offer significantly more resolution. That said, I don't think the P30 could be as low resolution as shown here. That's just hard for me to believe.
Dynamic range and color should be better with a good medium format sensor than for any 35mm sensor, but I think it'll be hard to see that in these relatively casual comparisons.
Btw - The DPReview assessment of the A900 AA filter is way off base IMO. Over the past several years, I've read countless DPReview reviews for cameras that I've owned and tried. I've come to the simple conclusion that their assessments of image quality have no correlation whatsoever with my own. Since they are "professionals", I guess that means that I am off in la la land. Still, I want to be happy with my own purchases, even if that means living with delusion, so I simply ignore whatever they have to say about image quality when I'm out to make a purchase.
I felt exactly the opposite way, but who knows, that may just be pure bias on my part .I also thought that at the 200 base ISO the Dynamic range and colour were better on the A900 (bit subjective of course).
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