D5000 Canon EOS 500D vs Nikon and Olympus E-620 -

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 at 4:46 pm

D5000 Canon EOS 500D vs Nikon and Olympus E-620 – High ISO

Compared with the Canon 500D and Nikon D5000 Olympus E-620

We continue the proof digital camera Canon EOS 500D published by cameralabs few months ago along with an interesting comparison with the Canon EOS 450D which is the heir, with the Canon EOS 50D with which it shares with the sensor resolution and Nikon digital SLR cameras D5000 Olympus E-620 and its direct competitors.

Cameralabs writes on his review: “The EOS 500D has much in common with the EOS 450D, the same body weight and size, same viewfinder and AF system, fast continuous shooting buffer plus very similar with the 500D. By taking instead the EOS 50D CMOS sensor with 15.1 megapixel resolution (compared with 12.2 of 450D), ISO sensitivity up higher (discussed in detail in the following article NDR), the functions and VGA video display processor DIGIC 4 image.

In practice the differences with the EOS 450D, photographically speaking, thus excluding the plus of HD video, are not so pronounced in any case require an improvement in the average quality of the optics used to receive the full benefit of 3 megapixels of resolution plus. ”

We have focused in particular on the test compared with the Nikon and Olympus to the different ISO sensitivity with the final conclusions and the general of cameralabs.
Canon EOS 500D vs Nikon D5000 vs Olympus E-620 – High ISO Test.

“… The sensitivity of ISO 400 the differences between the three digital cameras begin to emerge. The three reflex test showing all noise levels higher than the previous (100 and 200 ISO) with the Olympus E-620 in queue and Nikon D5000 to produce the frame cleaner.

Consider also the texture of the image background areas trying to compare the performance of the finer details like the veins of the leaves. And ‘here in fact that the Olympus E-620 begins to lose the finer details that are stored by Canon EOS 500D and even better by Nikon D5000.

At 800 ISO the situation worsens slightly with an obvious increase in noise, some artifacts appeared on the E-620 with its noise reduction system tends to eliminate the finer details. The Canon shows a particular behavior with an image that becomes slightly softer and less saturated to ‘increase the sensitivity leaving once again the best result to Nikon.

At ISO 1600 the increase of noise on the Olympus E-620 becomes greater than the other two even though Canon and Nikon SLRs are suffering. Here too, the EOS 500D with his.

become more soft and less saturated must give way to the D5000.

The achievement of ISO 3200 we are at the limit of sensitivity for the Olympus E-620 with visible noise in an entire frame in the form of small scattered spots, Canon and Nikon seem to better manage these levels of sensitivity but good considering the details of the EOS 500D 100% magnification to see visible artifacts appear with an output image always softer. The Nikon D5000 excels therefore still in the test for the 3200 ISO.

Attained get to the top ISO 6400 sensitivity reached by Nikon D5000 and here the quality is very low for both contenders remained. The increase in noise is significant but even here Nikon can juggle better than Canon, which then continues even in the race towards the 12800th ISO (same maximum sensitivity of the EOS 50D), very little used except in emergencies or for imaging small.

So at first glance we might say that the Nikon D5000 wins in the comparison with Canon and Olympus.

but it is also important to remember that the greater resolution provided in the Canon EOS 500D (15.1 megapixels) will cause its artifacts appear in the press downplayed, with the same file size, compared to Nikon D5000. Having said that we can still say that the D5000 quit anyway in comparison to the head by providing cleaner images across the bow of sensitivity and with a yield of detail substantially similar to the real if the light conditions and the resulting settings are more favorable, again demonstrating Once you have more megapixels is not necessarily available to be able to offer a higher quality. The digital camera Olympus E-620 is the least performance of the three reflex test, which is not surprising given its lower surface of the sensor, which behaves rather well, however, much lower with minimum intervention on noise reduction room and leaving room for a better post-production image on the computer. “