image courtesy: thenewcamera (via focus-numerique)
Which is the best camera for low light photography between the Ricoh GR, [shoplink 12203]Nikon A[/shoplink], [shoplink 11808 ebay]X100S[/shoplink] and [shoplink 11024]Canon G1 X[/shoplink]? According to thenewcamera you should go for the X100S to get the best results at high ISO. But click here and check this comparison out by yourself. (look for the full size high-ISO samples of these cameras at focus-numerique)
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Interesting, but the range of the x100s is much lower than the others. I wonder if the lighting was different or if the rumors are true that the real fuji iso is actually lower than what the camera states, so with the same settings across each camera the fuji is darker. Or maybe they used RAW and the dynamic range just wasn’t there.
Based on the shadowfall on the layered cards, the lighting is absolutely different across tests. Totally worthless test.
Focus-numerique is well know, they have tested many many camera’s, it’s basically the french dpreview. They need it because most of the French don’t know english. 😉
It has been proven over and over that the Fuji X-Trans cameras are darker at the same iso compared to any other camera. It probably has some scientific explanation from the way x-trans work, but in the end yeah they cheat us a little.
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It looks like the settings are the same for each camera and the fuji comes out darker.
This is a terrible test, the exposures are different on every camera. The tester failed to compensate for the fact that every manufacturer totally lies about the true ISO. It’s pretty obvious from this test that Fuji is fudging it the worst and then jamming the black level super hard as well.
The result is the X100s samples have no detail compared to the others. Frankly, it appears that the Coolpix A is the best, retaining the most detail, dynamic range and color sensitivity.
I disagree, I think that the test is supposed to show what are the tuning of exposure of each camera and manufacturer. Several tests shows that under the same sensitivity, shutter and aperture, Fuji often shows up darker and I don’t think that the test is screwed, they have several tests and it seems that all of them, under the same condition.
What surprises me is the quality of the Canon G1 X. An APS-C sensor is about 36% larger, but the G1 X still manages to do really well at ISO 3200 & 6400 (see also dpreview test shots).
The G1 X is half the price of the X100S whilst being approximately the same size.
What is has that the none of the others do is the 4x zoom lens.
I was originally put off the G1 X by its f2.8 lens as compared to the X100s f2.0 lens, but of course the Nikon and the Ricoh both have f2.8.
I love the X100s (but it’s too expensive) so I was thinking of getting the Ricoh GR, however having noticed the G1 X again I am giving it serious thought.
I agree. The real surprise is the Canon gx1. It stands up well and it has a zoom lens.
It’s a lousy test not due to the variations in exposure so much as the subject matter, flat areas of colour don’t show the impact of a camera’s noise reduction and thus gives you little clue as to how much fine detail will be lost as the ISO is cranked higher.
Even if everything was conducted properly, unless your photography consists of taking photos of colored cards, you’re not getting much useful information from a test like this. It’s not a real world application.
X100S is still completely unavailable in the USA. these articles on this camera make me crazy when they simply can not be bought in the USA.
Actually, mirrorless high quality cameras in general tend to be hard to get and the manufacturers say it’s because they aren’t as popular in the US but that kind of becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy – something that is unobtainium can’t really sell well now can it. Panasonic and Fuji are horrible with regard to this.