k610i-phase 1

i had to test the theories sooner or later. decided to go with a relatively crappy camera to see if a really good camera is necessary for nice shots.

 

the minimum focus distance of the k610i is too far to fully utilize the full resolution (as seem from the top pic where model is blur yet background is sharp). the bottom pic is in effect around 1megapixel and still not as sharp as i would i like it to be.

 

lighting for top pic is ambient room lighting from ceiling lamp, bottom pic was 1 halogen lamp (100w, about 7x10cm light aperture) on the left and 1 mirror to fill in the right side in addition to ceiling lamp.

 

top pic shot at iso800, bottom at iso200.

 

conclusions :

- sufficient lighting is very important to reduce noise on lower-end cmos sensors. with my DSLR, i could easily go up to iso1000 and still get a decently low noise level. the k610i on the other hand has severe noise at iso800.

 

- even a light source half the size of the model with a mirror supplying fill light is insufficient to illuminate it evenly.

 

- ceiling lamps are inadequate for providing lighting for shots for cameras with noise problem.

Done