RiceHigh's Pentax Blog: You Get What You Paid For? (E-PL3 Vs E-P3 Higher ISOs' IQ Comparison)

Friday, September 09, 2011

You Get What You Paid For? (E-PL3 Vs E-P3 Higher ISOs' IQ Comparison)

See this:-

via http://blog.pchome.net/article/459039.html

The original test source is intentionally not mentioned, as the author does not agree to the test results and believes that there should be some human errors! :-o Btw, I myself cannot figure out where this ISO test is from, although it looks just very familiar! I am almost sure that I posted the test from the same site/reviewer before, but just forget where it is actually from.. So, if anybody knows, please let me know.

Anyway, just in case if the test does not contain any error (as there is simply no evidence of any for the doubt!), it simply tells that you just get what you paid for. Indeed, the truth is that camera makers always know what to put and what to suck from their products. So, since the Q is sold at a higher price, I am now starting to believe the previously unbelievable official claim of "extra-ordinary image processing" of the Q (and what Pentax put into it) that might really exist! ;-D

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esmo · 706 weeks ago

do you think that the Gradation option was set to AUTO for the E-PL3 images and set to NORM for the E-P3 images, it's easily done. I have noticed that the AUTO option creates much more noise.

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oya · 706 weeks ago

the comments shows the test source is IT168, but I can't found the test article now. Maybe they deleted it.

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triplight · 706 weeks ago

The source of the testing seems to be pcpop.com, though I couldn't find a direct E-PL3/E-P3 comparison test.
http://www.pcpop.com/doc/0/703/703029_2.shtml
http://www.pcpop.com/doc/pic/002098988.html

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3 E1 Owner · 706 weeks ago

If this is true, EPL3 will not sell too well at $699.99. This review will make it(EPL3 poor sales) happen.

How about EP3, It will not sell well for sure.

Anyone who were interested in small EP cameras have bought one or a few already. Who would care for more?

Olympus needs go back to DSLR cameras, otherwise how many back up EP cameras would Olympus expect us to buy? Full Frame DSLR or Leica S2 alike cameras are the only way to go. Olympus should have take look at Luminous E1 review in 2004:

Olympus will shoot its foot for starting a small 110 format sensor format when anyone else (Canon Nikon Sony Pentax) is going for bigger APS sensor. In 2006, APS sensor will be much cheaper to make with that volume and technology advances.

It has happened already.

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triplight · 706 weeks ago

As we can see with the Q having better dynamic range and possibly noise performance then the GF3, sensor size is not important except for shallow DOF needs. If Nikon's mirrorless is any indication, the trend is toward smaller sensors, which equals smaller lenses. Most people don't want to carry 8lb cameras on their shoulders, and sales to pros who do want to carry these behemoths makes up a small percentage of sales. Look at the outcry from Nex users who want more pancakes because the new Zeiss 24mm is a thousand dollar beercan.