Low Light Performance Comparison - F30 vs Sony T30 vs Leica D-Lux 2 (LX1)

[tomcat]

For those who may be curious about how these cameras fare against each other in low light environments, these shots of my cat were taken in dim room light with the F30, T30 and D-Lux 2 (or LX1) at their max. ISO settings respectively for a rough visual comparison. For the F30, ISO 1600 was used instead of 3200. No other post-processing was carried out except for resizing.

#1 Fuji F30

ISO 1600

#2 Sony T30

ISO 1000

#3 Leica D-Lux 2

ISO 400

Cheers

[Cheesecake]

the sony, F9!

the leica's not so bad.

fujifilm ROXXXXXX!!!

[li0nheart07]

Originally Posted by tomcat For those who may be curious about how these cameras fare against each other in low light environments

hmmm... my fair share of opinion
though from the photos, fuji fares the best but to me it seems like it wasn't a fair judgement afterall...
Fuji was taken at ISO 1600, Sony at ISO 1000 while Leica at ISO 400, if u were to set all of 'em at 400, maybe we'll see the differences and how they fare each other fairly
on the other hand, i do notice Sony seems very noisy or my eyes are playing some tricks...

btw, F30 really best as i've seen and i've try it's performance before personally and quite reliable even though i'm using a F11 where i'm equally happy with it's performance

[S11loop]

1600 vs 1000 vs 400 .... fuji , sony , leica...

how much is the f30 again ?

[tomcat]

Originally Posted by li0nheart07 hmmm... my fair share of opinion though from the photos, fuji fares the best but to me it seems like it wasn't a fair judgement afterall... Fuji was taken at ISO 1600, Sony at ISO 1000 while Leica at ISO 400, if u were to set all of 'em at 400, maybe we'll see the differences and how they fare each other fairly

This comparison just showed that noise level of the Fuji at ISO 1600 is better than the Sony at ISO 1000 and the Leica at ISO 400. Isn't that more informative than seeing how they compared if shot at the same ISO ?

[RenegaeDing]

I took some pics with Panny's FZ50 at Comex. I found that at high ISO, the place that is focused on looks relatively clean, but the deeper the DOF, the noiser that part of the image got. So the kitty's face looks clean, even though it's quite dark, but the black patch at the bottom left side of the image exhibits some noise.

Of course, of the three, the F30 rocks hardest.

Will miss it when it is sold eventually

[twosix]

I'm glad I bought the F30. fyi, it is only $590 net with freebies. 8)

[S11loop]

Originally Posted by twosix I'm glad I bought the F30. fyi, it is only $590 net with freebies. 8)

got mine at 585 with no freebies ... but enjoying this cam since then