Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The fact that this is 2-3 years after the release of the 24 MP sensor that don't perform too great at super-high ISO and there is yet to be a refresh indicates to me that there is a technological wall. The opinion from certain Lugger that we will have super high res and super high ISO in 2 years is not grounded in understanding of the issues... On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 5:33 PM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> wrote: > > The Alpha full frame sensor isn't so hot on super-high ISO... > > Correct. Neither is the 24mp D3x compared to the 12mp D3s. It's a > 'sensor thing'. Could be one of the reasons Leica went with 18mp for > the M9, best of both worlds?. With the a900 ISO 3200 and 6400 are for > emergencies only, pretty noisy, although thye're there if you need > them. The D3s is probably still the champ in the super-high ISO world. > > Jim Laird > > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]