Smoothy wrote:
> I believe that "except" the writing, the Canon image is way better than the
> Sony one.
> Focus/color/sharpness/detail/noise and grain/... are all better in the A70
> pic.
> --
> 
> 
> 
> "Tore Lund" <tl18@next.online.no> wrote in message
> news:bcrpuu$m3vf4$1@ID-124507.news.dfncis.de...
> 
>>Tesselator wrote:
>>
>>>The subject of "noise" or "grain" becomes obserdly moot.  In a different
>>>place in this thread someone asked "what do you think of the sharpness
>>>of the text on the sighboard" (paraphrased).  I went there to look and
>>>the first thing that was obvious /to me/ was that it had been smooshed
>>>by jepeg error.
>>
>>If it was due to JPEG error, why aren't all JPEG images affected?  Have
>>a look at this pair:
>>
>>http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/a70/samples/IMG_8565.JPG
>>http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/sony_p72/samples/DSC00032.JPG
>>
>>They are taken at the same place at the same time with the same
>>resolution, same composition and same subject distance.  The writing is
>>considerably clearer in the Sony P72 image.
>>
>>So what's wrong with the A70 image?  Camera shake?  Focusing problems?
>>Some trick by Canon's infamous DIGIC processor?  At any rate, both
>>images are JPEG, so this does not explain it.
>>--
>>    Tore
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> 
> 
The difference in sharpness IS, in my observation, a result of the image 
processing in the A70.  The A70 tends to (even when not in low-sharpen 
effect mode), not apply very much sharpening to the images.  If you take 
the image from Steve's digicams site and apply unsharp mask with 
photoshop, it sharpens the text and other features to roughly the same 
as the Sony P72.  Yet another annoying quirk for the A70.