Canon Japan just published the very first video shot with their ME20F-SH Full Frame prototype camera. The camera records up to 4,5 Million ISO. Take that Sony A7s! But in Sony’s defense the Canon has a 2 Megapixel sensor only to make those amazing low light results possible. The image above shows you Zebras walking in the complete darkness. Below you can see one more image of the camera sensor and another 4.5 Million ISO image taken from the video. Full info about the protoype camera can be read at Explora BH.
The ME20F-SH will ship in December and cost $30,000!
First posted on CanonWatch.
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“only yo achieve” ?
The first comparison of both strongest Lowlight cameras a7s versus ME20F-SH in similar situations:
Initial position a7s:
Comparison 1: a7s ISO 409600 f2,8 approx. 1/50 Shutter no moon beyond the town with star light
Comparison 2: a7s ISO 409600 f1,4 1/4 Shutter cloudy beyond the town
Initial position ME20F-SH:
Comparison 1: f2,8 ISO 407000 1/48 no moons cloudy beyond the town
Comparison 2: f2,8 ISO 3230000-4560000 1/48 no moons cloudy beyond the town
Comparison 1:
Both cameras indicate only outlines of the scenery. a7s easily lies In front with less noise, but very strong ampere noise at the side. However, a7s has star light as a support what something puts out.
Comparison 2:
To show a scenery At night with cloudiness just brightly * like with the ME20F-SH f2,8 1/48 sec. Shutter, needs a7s f1,4 and 1/4 sec. Shutter. The noise is high on both of the missing light.
Result:
I had read in a forum that ME20F-SH is , only‘ 2 stops should be better. I estimate that it’s not 2 but rather approx 4 stops better! Since the a7s must be faster lens and slowly shutter to receive a similar picture.
The ME20F-SH has an clean Image till ISO 102400. The camera is very great but has sadly a very high price.
*Similar brightly how with strong cloudiness during the day
The comparisons videos:
http://cweb.canon.jp/bctv/lineup/multipurpose/movie.html
youtube.com/watch?v=LWl1d3RoAYU
youtube.com/watch?v=6_XjGJes34M
This footage looks terrible. Had they not used zebras with their high contrast markings I don’t thinks I’d have seen anything! 😀
But seriously, just like with the a7s (and every other camera released), who cares how high the iso goes? Above a certain S/N ratio it all looks like zebra ****.
Canon’s new $30,000 camera looks like zebra ****. Maybe a clean 102K ISO would have been more impressive? IDK.
duh.. it’s 4 million ISO, not even starlight lighting the scene.. what do you expect? the fact you can see SOMETHING is pretty remarkable.
it does have clean 102K .. maybe watch the video?
this is 5 stops above A7SII’s highest ISO setting.. think about that for second.
I was just joking around. I don’t like footage out of any type or brand of camera that looks like 80’s era VHS.
Like I said, maximum ISO is just a marketing trick that people buy into for some unknown reason. Even you’re telling me one camera has 5 stops maximum ISO over another camera. Doesn’t matter. Canon could have given this camera another “5 stops” of ISO gain, making it a 128 million ISO camera, and the footage would still be as useable as their 4 million ISO footage. And guess what, at 128 million ISO you could also still see SOMETHING. Think about that for a sec.
Considering the a7s has 6 times the number of pixels, a 5 stop gain in Canon’s new camera sounds about right. I’d like to see a camera manufacturer bring out a new generation low MP sensor that focuses only on photos. I think the sensor in the Sony, while not bad, doesn’t do as well as it could considering its size and resolution.
I didn’t think how useful this would be for underwater video, We are going to be getting some really nice underwater documentaries because of this.