Jaahn said:
neuroanatomist said:
Silverstream said:
Since this is a new sensor, It is extremely unlikely that IQ will be the same with 3 years of technological refinement time. Please take the time to read the materials out there before making such silly statements.
Please detail the effect of >3 years of tecnhological refinement on the FF CMOS sensor used in the 5DIII vs. that in the 5DII. I'm not talking about better jpg conversion thanks to improvements in Digic, I mean the actual RAW image quality from the sensor, nor am I talking about Canon's marketing Kool-Aid. Please take the time to review past history before making such silly statements.
I believe Sipverstream has a point here. This is a NEW sensor, despite having the same resolution as the old one. It is indeed highly unlikely that the RAW IQ is exactly the same. I hope that it is better. However there must be some tweaks as maximum ISO has increased from T3i to T4i. Only reviews will tell...
Im really happy that Canon did not increase MP, I just dont need it...
Canon claims a "full 2-stop improvement" for the ISO performance of the 5DIII vs. the 5DII, and the maximum ISO on the 5DIII is indeed two stops higher. But analysis of the RAW images shows only a very minor difference - perhaps 1/3-1/2 stops of
real improvement. The balance of the 'full 2 stops' is smoke, mirrors, and marketing hype for the improved jpg engine with Digic 5. The increase in max ISO from T3i to T4i is only one stop, so if the '3 years of techhological refinement' relative ratio holds, that means 1/6 - 1/4 stop of real improvement in RAW ISO performance, which doesn't fall into my personal 'get excited about it' category, but rather into the BFD category.