Comments on: New Sensor ranking site

By: Meshif

Meshif — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:36:19 +0000

Thanx Mark, I will try it!
Truly say, this is one of my point – learn english on the web, may be one day I will try to create blog in English =)

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:08:16 +0000

Hi Meshif, thanks for taking time to comment. Unfortunately I don't think I can offer anything more than what the linked site has for explanation. Perhaps try Google Translator on the website?

By: Meshif

Meshif — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:48:52 +0000

Mark, can you give me a little explaining or link sbout noise ratio? My english skill is bad now.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:43:22 +0000

John, you may be waiting awhile. If you look around the site a bit under Insights – they have an interesting graph about sensor evolution vs. the signal to noise ratios. It shows how FF sensors have evolved much quicker than cropped sensors over many years. I found that quite fascinating. I used to question some of the advantages of FF, but am learning more every day!

You can get 100% viewfinder using the LiveView functions. Unfortunately I think the sensor cleaning function interferes with having a 100% viewfinder in the latest Nikon bodies. (or they just don’t give sensor cleaning, so you have to choose at the moment).

For all – you are welcome!

By: Reza Tavana

Reza Tavana — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:02:55 +0000

Thank you Mark for the link.

By: John Wall

John Wall — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:36:08 +0000

You know, I basically wanted to upgrade to a D300 from a D200 to get the 100% viewfinder accuracy, but now that I can see graphs of what I’m really missing, fuggettaboutit! I want a DX sensor that does what the D700’s does. (And I still want 100% viewfinder accuracy!)

By: Artist Boyd Greene

Artist Boyd Greene — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:37:18 +0000

Thanks for the link Mark. I’ve been considering upgrading myself studying the different options realizing pixels are not everything.

By: Richard Wong

Richard Wong — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:08:10 +0000

Great site Mark. Dynamic range IMO is the most important factor when it comes to evaluating the usefulness of a camera.

I wasn’t even aware that increasing the ISO will decrease your dynamic range.

By: Lana

Lana — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:05:56 +0000

Thanks for the info! That graphic tool looks VERY helpful! I just purchased my first, good, digital SLR today. To be honest, at present I’m not even sure what brand it is, but the price was so good (considering the camera’s only 2 years old,) I couldn’t say no! I’m sure I’ll be getting much more from your blog in the coming days.

By: latoga

latoga — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:59:39 +0000

Thanks for posting this, I heard about this site this weekend but then promptly forgot about it… It reminds me a lot of the SLRGear site which I wrote about last year. The problem is that you can get all tied up in analysis paralysis on these details if you let yourself.

I think the real value of these sites is to better understand where the boundaries of your gear are; these sites make it much faster to figure that out than trial and error. Now, I can’t wait to see the details on the 5DM2…hoping Santa found me good this year…