Camera test 38
Photography News Issue 29 absolutephoto.com
Performance: ISO
ISO 200
ISO 400
ISO 800
Original Image
ISO 3200
ISO 1600
ISO 12,800
The X-Pro2 has a native ISO range of 200 to 12,800 with the option of expansion to ISO 25,600 and 51,200, all in JPEG and Raw. Noise reduction is available – see separate panel (bottom) for more on this. Overall, noise performance proved impressive. I’d happily
shoot at ISO 3200 and even 6400 knowing that noise levels would be low and look filmic rather than colourfully blotchy. If you really need to, ISO 12,800 isn’t horrible although there is obtrusive noise and an impact on fine detail, contrast and Dmax.
ISO 25,600
ISO 51,200
Original image
X-T1
X-Pro2
X-Pro1
Performance: ISOcomparedwithotherX-cameras We shoot the same scene with three X-cameras, the X-Pro1, the X-T1 and X-Pro2, representing the three generations of the X-Trans sensor. Noise reduction was set to zero and the shots shown here are from Raw originals. This scene was exposed at ISO 3200. You can see here that despite the X-Pro2’s higher resolution that could potentially lead to higher noise levels, it actually fares very well indeed with an impressive showing. All three cameras do well but the X-Pro2 does show better noise performance with less grain.
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-2
-4
Performance: Noise reduction
The X-Pro2 has a noise reduction mode (tested here) and a long exposure NR mode. The default setting is 0 with strength options from -4 to +4. For this test I shot at ISO 3200, 6400 and 12,800 (shown here) using each NR setting. The X-Pro’s NR skills are sound and do a fine job of removing noise without decimating fine detail or resulting in strange mushy-looking pictures. So even +3 and +4 are perfectly acceptable but perhaps +4 is too artificially smooth. If you want coarser grain stick with -2 or -3, but even -4 is acceptable if you want a high-speed film effect.
+1
+2
+4
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