No, I don't read that magazine(in fact I can't find anything about such a title on Google), and exactly which body are you referring to (All three have different sensor designs, although the D300 and A700's sensors are related). If you're talking popular photography, they don't say any such thing, but their reviews are pretty much marketing only.
Luminous Landscape indicates that IQ on the 40D is indistinguishable from the 5D at low and high ISOs. That's quite a high bar, and Reichmann isn't likely to be jerking people around. The big difference in the current sensors are with fill factor, which increases the actual light gathering area of the sensor by reducing the wasted space between the photosites. Thus they actually did improve the light gathering capabilities of the sensors. The new, improved fill factor sensors debuted with the 1DmIII last spring, the previous generation sensors are 2+ years old now and tech has moved on. -Adam P. J. Alling wrote: > Did you actually read the current Modern Photograpy review. I'll > paraphrase they found that it had impressive built in anti noise > software. You're mistaking firmware with physics. > > Adam Maas wrote: >> I have been paying attention and you obviously haven't. You're talking >> about the older 10+MP bodies (K10D, D2X, D200, D80, D40X, A100) with >> last-generation CCD or CMOS sensors. The new 10/12MP CMOS sensors >> introduced in the last month or so ( in the D300, 40D, and A700) have >> massively improved high ISO performance achieved at the sensor, not by >> processing (The Sony A700, which is the one I've had a chance to look at >> seriously, produces results at ISO 6400 that is about as good as a K10D >> at 1600). >> >> This is the same sensor tech that gives the D3 2+ stops of noise >> advantage over the 5D at the same pixel density. >> >> -Adam >> >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
