> 18mp, APS-C, full-HD (1080p@30fps). =A0Noise figure looks a bit better
> than the D3s (if I'm reading the charts right).

If that is D300 then maybe.
If its D3s Nikon then you are reading the chart wrong. :-)

A D3S full frame Nikon is THE best low noise / high ISO "35mm"camera
in the wold bar none - by about a stop.

D3s is about 3 x less noisy than top APSC camera

Achieves 30 dB SNR, 9 EVS 18 bit at 3250 ISO
Top APSC does this at about 1180 ISO.

My new A77 =3D about 800 ISO !!! :-( - but utterly superb otherwise.

Pelucid mirror makes a notable difference. NEX7x with same sensor is better=
..


              Russell





 But not a full
> professional body, but definitely more than I need, and in many cases
> much nicer than some of the old professional bodies.. =A0 It is VERY nice
> to be shooting a SLR again..
>
> On the other hand I do wish I could find something smaller for me to be
> able to pack around more like a point and shoot while still retaining
> enough control over the camera that I can actually take 'photographs'
> instead of 'snapshots'. =A0 A lot of the time when I'm traveling by air o=
r
> light, I just can't fit the SLR in, so I through a $200 point and shoot
> digital camera in, and although the results are somewhat acceptable, it
> just isn't the same.
>
> -forrest
>
> On 12/19/2011 9:49 AM, RussellMc wrote:
>> I just acquired one of these
>>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonyslta77/
>>
>> Sony A77 SLTa.
>>
>> In many ways it matches or exceeds the capabilities of Olin's D3s.
>>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond3s/
>>
>> 12 frames per second, 24.4 megapixel, internal GPS, 1080p video, sweep
>> 2D and 3D panorama, HDR by combining 3 images, low light low(er)noise
>> by processing 6 imaages, Pelucid semitransparent fixed mirror allowing
>> phase AF and continuous AF during videoing,
>> Stunning 2.4 million pixel electronic EVF (eye level viewfinder) so
>> good that youbrain (mine anyway) refuses to remind you that this
>> should be an optical and not electronic path.
>>
>> But, in the way that counts most for me with cameras, Olin's D3s beats
>> this one to a pulp. High ISO performance is truly horrible compered to
>> the D3s - but much better that what was available say a decade ago.
>> Being half frame (APSC) and 24 MP doesn't help.
>>
>> But, should serve as a stopgap until the Nikon D800 comes and gets
>> cheap enough.
>>
>>
>>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Russell
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