Overall image quality or IQ for short

Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
edited September 11, 2007 in Cameras
20D / 5D / 40D - http://wyofoto.com/40D_Image%20quality/40D_shootout.html
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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,132 moderator
    edited September 10, 2007
    Thanks Antonio,

    That's an interesting comparison. I think the 20D held up pretty well, considering its age. I wish I were holding up as well.
    ziggy53
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  • claudermilkclaudermilk Registered Users Posts: 2,756 Major grins
    edited September 11, 2007
    Saw that the other day. I took a closer look & agree that the 20D held up quite well. Do like I have Bibble set to automatically--hit the 20D file with a gentle S-curve to boost the contrats & saturation a bit & it'll look nearly the same. What I found interesting is the ISO1600 shots, the 40D seems to have more noise in the red & gold borders on the Cuervo label. headscratch.gif The 40D & 5D look darn near exactly equivalent as far as noise goes.

    This tells me two things: the 20D is still damn good, and Canon has been treading water on noise & pixel quality for 3 years.

    So really, as far as this test goes, the 40D & 5D really only have an advantage insofar as they have more pixels to play with, thus more opportunity to smooth the noise & retain some detail.
    Chris
    http://www.chrislaudermilkphoto.com/
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