A "Mini-Shootout" of Pro Digital SLRs!

By: Dave Etchells, Imaging Resource
(Part Two: Image Noise - Click here to return to Part One)

Even given the vagaries of this test, there weren't many variables that could have biased the results toward one camera or the other. (Except the fact that the Fuji camera was an early prototype, while the others were all full-production models.)

Not really a lot to talk about, here's the image samples: (All of these are cropped right from the camera files, saved as Photoshop JPEGs, at quality level "10". - This table will likely take a little while to load, given the multiple images it contains...)

	Fuji S1 (6 megapixel file, 3+ megapixel SuperCCD sensor) ISO 400	Fuji S1 (6 megapixel file, 3+ megapixel SuperCCD sensor) ISO 800	Fuji S1 (6 megapixel file, 3+ megapixel SuperCCD sensor) ISO 1600
Kodak DCS 330 (3 megapixels) ISO 125	Kodak DCS 330 (3 megapixels) ISO 250	Kodak DCS 330 (3 megapixels) ISO 400
Kodak DCS 620 (2.0 megapixels) ISO 200	Kodak DCS 620 (2.0 megapixels) ISO 400		Kodak DCS 620 (2.0 megapixels) ISO1600
Kodak DCS 660 (6 megapixels) ISO 80
Nikon D1 (3 megapixels) ISO 200	Nikon D1 (3 megapixels) ISO 400	Nikon D1 (3 megapixels) ISO 800	Nikon D1 (3 megapixels) ISO 1600

Noise Conclusion
Hmm, not quite as obvious, but the S1 looks best at 1600, to my eyes, although it's a close contest with the D1. - Completely unscientific, not based on any objective measurements, just a personal judgement. Readers are obviously encouraged to make their own judgements, based on the samples!


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Original Image Files
Here again is a list of links to the original test files from all the cameras:


Fuji S1, ISO 400 (1380k)
Fuji S1, ISO 800 (1476k)
Fuji S1, ISO 1600 (1680k)


Kodak DCS 330, ISO 125 (1000k)
Kodak DCS 330, ISO 250 (1168k)
Kodak DCS 330, ISO 400 (1296k)


Kodak DCS 620, ISO 200 (1112k)
Kodak DCS 620, ISO 400 (1492k)
Kodak DCS 620, ISO 1600 (2680k)


Kodak DCS 660, ISO 80 (3384k)


Nikon D1, ISO 200 (1092k)
Nikon D1, ISO 400 (1212k)
Nikon D1, ISO 800 (1168k)
Nikon D1, ISO 1600 (1048k)



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(Note though, that I get a minimum of ~100 emails per day, so I may have a hard time responding to all of them! - The comments page is the best way to carry on a dialog on this test...)

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