View single post by Gert
 Posted: Tue Jun 19th, 2012 10:42
Gert



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Squarerigger wrote: I am having a very hard time picking one over the other. In most of the pics, A is sharper if I look at the switch which I assume is the auto or manual mode - has M and A on it. B is sharper if I look at the number 250 on the shutter speed dial.

So, all you folks with more experience, what am I missing?

D3s vs D700?

Even though I used liveview and tried to focus at the 125 on the shutter speed, it did not work out that way, and you are right, the A pictures are focused slightly in "front on" the B photos.

But, since this was mainly meant as a noise test, you can still see a little more blue noise on the A pictures compared to the B pictures; or perhaps I should say, that in the given light the D3 has a touch more noise in the blue channel than the D800 when down-sampled to 12MP.

BTW, the A/M switch decides whether the lens aperture is open or closed.