Imaging Resource Digital SLR shootout, Fall, 2002

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Comparison shots:
Canon D60, Fuji S2 Pro, Nikon D100, Sigma SD9
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Reader Geir Rune Ladehaug took the time to make some detailed crops from one of our images, showing side by side comparisons between the four cameras. He kindly gave us permission to share those images here. - Thanks, Geir!

I've set up a few comparison crops. These are based upon the following comparison images at Imaging Resource:

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/SHOOTOUT/SHOOTOUT.HTM!photo=31

The images are upsized to match the resolution of the S2. Apart from that, no other adjustments are done to the images, with exception of crop comparison 6: Level adjusted (input level 0 - 1.0 - 128) to emphasize a darker red texture area on the image.

Comparison 1:

Comparison 2:

Comparison 3:

Comparison 4:

Comparison 5:

This crop was included to look on a specific problem with the SD9: Color transition between very saturated red and blue.

Comparison 6:

(level adjusted) This was included to see the detail resolving power and/or to compare any noise of the the red channel in low light.

Comparison 7:

This crop was included to emphasize on the problem that appears when the red channel is over exponated.

Dave at IR has done an excellent job on doing this comparison, so I would encourage you to support the guy!

Geir Rune

A Message From Dave:

This shootout was expensive, in terms of both dollars and time. Now that it's posted, my bandwidth bills for this month are likely to go through the roof. If this is useful to you in choosing which of these cameras to purchase, would you consider doing one of the following?

Purchase your camera through one of the "buy this camera" links above, which go to our affiliate Ritzcamera.com. A small portion of each sale goes towards supporting this site.
Make a small donation, using one of the PayPal buttons below. Think of it - even $20 represents less than 1% of the cost of one of these cameras. (Except the bargain-priced Sigma!) Is finding just the right camera worth 1% of its cost to you? If not, I'll happily accept *any* amount.

Thanks for your support!