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Quick Unscientific High ISO Comparison: Canon 5D Mk II, Sony A99, and Sony RX-1

Chris Gampat
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10/10/2012
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Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Canon 5d mk II Sony A99 and RX1 comparison post (1 of 1)ISO 200

Last Updated on 10/10/2012 by Chris Gampat

Tonight I did a super quick and super informal comparison post in my hotel suite between the Canon 5D Mk II, Sony A99 and RX1. Why the 5D Mk II? Well, most of you couldn’t tell the high ISO differences between the 5D Mk II and 5D Mk III; so why bother?

Each camera was set to Auto White Balance, 35mm at f2.8, 1/1000th and ISO 6400. They all focused on the same spot as well. Take a look at the samples and let us know your thoughts.

5D Mk II
Sony A99
Sony RX1

A couple of notes:

– Yes I’m aware of the different white balancing. No, I’m not changing it because it shows how the different cameras also react.

– The RX1 was a JPEG while the others were RAW files. No processing was done to any image though.

– This is informal

– I am extremely close to purchasing the A99. This is pretty much everything I wanted in a Full Frame DSLR.

– Though I was a bit offput by the RX1 when I tested the pre-production model, I’ve spent an entire day shooting with it and I’m convinced that with the electronic viewfinder attached, this camera will best nearly anything out there for street photography. The ergonomics are great, the manual focusing is awesome when combined with peaking, the image quality is top notch, and it is pretty darn small.

Something else a Sony rep and I discovered. The RX1 has wireless flash control built in: however, the pop-up flash doesn’t actually act like a master. It is only there for attached Sony flashes. That’s a bummer too; but it could just be the fact that myself and journalists with all coverage coming out right now on the web are dealing with near final production quality units.

More to come, so stay tuned.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.