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.
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"Tore Lund" <tl18@next.online.no> wrote in message
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> 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.
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>     Tore