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ISO performance Micro Four Thirds format cameras don’t have the noise performance of bigger format cameras, but it is getting to the point where high ISO can be used with alacrity for critical images. In the waterworks a continuous light portrait studio was set up by Hamburg-based photographer Patrick Ludolph. The low lighting levels meant shooting wide open at ISO 800 or 1600 and for the portraits I used the 25mm f/1.8,
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45mm f/1.8 and 75mm f/1.8, moving the AF point to be on the eye. The 45mm was used for the shot shown right. For the ISO comparison shots below, I used the 12-40mm f/2.8 at f/8, auto white-balance setting and JPEG image quality with no NR set. Compared with its compatriots, the benefit of the cleaner ISO performance of the Mark II is quite clear at ISO 6400.
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OM-D E-M1
OM-D E-M5
OM-D E-M5 MARK II
ISO 200
ISO 200
ISO 200
OM-D E-M5 MARK II
OM-D E-M1
OM-D E-M5
ISO 6400
ISO 6400
ISO 6400
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