Before getting the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, I knew that my next camera had to have really good ISO performance. I love to shoot ambient light, and increased ISO performance would allow me sharper pictures in lower light, 2 huge pluses as far as ..read more

Shorter Vincent: “5D Mark II just better than Nikon D3 at low light”. Now at a minimum, the 5D MK2 is pretty close, which is incredible to begin with, anything else is just gravy folks.

Focused only on photography, and minus some of the bells and whistles of it’s competitors (wink Canon 5D Mark II and that whole “live view” thing), the Sony A900 digital SLR is slowly building up a nice resume of reviews. While all business, ..read more

As the standard bearer for the micro 4/3 format, there’s a little bit of pressure on Panasonic’s G1. For the most part, most of the early previews I’ve seen look pretty good for the G1, and that trend continues in this review from ..read more

If you were expecting a dud, it hasn’t happened, thus far. In two reviews from Camera Labs and DPR, the Sony A900 gets high marks. Scoring “Highly Recommended” from both reviewers, the A900 is the resolution king right now, ..read more

David Kilpatrick of Photoclub Alpha fame has posted an assortment of Sony A900 image samples here. For the younger folks out there, the A900 was the 24 megapixel, full framed, $3000 camera body from Sony meant to signal their seriousness in ..read more

Wondering if the newly announced Nikon D90 is really going to follow in the D300’s footsteps with excellent image quality, especially at higher ISO?

It does.

Judging from these test images, noise management looks on par with the bigger brother, the D300. ISO 1600 looks ..read more

via Rockwell…

I missed this earlier this week, but this shot is a powerful demonstration of the ISO performance of the D3 and D700.

as Rockwell says:

…The noise isn’t much worse, but what is much worse is that the details are smeared over by the ..read more