Photography News Issue 65

Camera test 31

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Performance: ISO

Original image

ISO 100

ISO 800

ISO 1600

ISO 3200

ISO 6400

ISO 12,800

ISO 25,600

ISO 51,200

This low-light image was taken in Venice on the EOS RP fitted with the 35mm f/1.8 lens. The base exposure for the ISO 100 shot was 16secs at f/5.6 and the camera was fixed on a Vanguard VEO 2 Go 265HCB carbon fibre tripod with shots taken using the self-timer. The Raw files were processed using the latest version of Canon Digital Photo Professional editing software, with no noise reduction applied. The EOS RP delivers a fine ISO performance. My test images were very clean and performance

differences between ISO 100 and ISO 800 were minimal. Fine detail was smoothly and crisply rendered and there was no sign of grain at the higher speed. There was some quality fall off at ISO 1600 and a little more at ISO 3200, but you would have to be very fussy to criticise, because images still looked impressive. There was minor grain at ISO 3200, but easily minimised with noise reduction in processing. Grain and some detail loss were both in evidence at ISO 6400 onwards, but the results

were perfectly acceptable, even for critical use. By ISO 12,800 and ISO 25,600, the high colour noise levels were less acceptable. I didn’t have an EOS R to do a direct side-by-side comparison between the two cameras, but looking at shots taken at similar speeds, the EOS RP gives finer but more colourful noise from ISO 3200 upwards. At speeds around ISO 12,800, the EOS R gave a distinct, coarse but sharp neutral grain, while the EOS RP’s noise was smudgy, with colour artefacts.

Images Between ISO 100 and 800, fine detail is crisp, with no sign of grain. Quality starts to fall off at ISO 1600 and 3200. At ISO 6400, both grain and detail loss are evident, but acceptable. Only at ISO 12,800 and 25,600 do noise levels become less acceptable

ISO 102,400

Fine detail was smoothly and

themselves at home with this new camera very quickly. The on/off control is on the left side of the body, an exposure mode dial sits on the right with the shutter releaseandacommanddial. The rear is home to a vari-angle, three-inch touch monitor, a four-way control way and the various buttons for AE lock, focus zone selection and playback. There is no focus lever, which a shame, so if you prefer a physical control to shift the focus point around, the process is slower. You can, however, use the touchscreen for the camera’s Touch & Drag AF feature, so focus point selection can be done by finger. This is very quick and works when the eye is up to the viewfinder. The downside as a left-eyed user is I found I almost always moved the crisply rendered and there was no sign of grain

Images Shot using flash with the Canon EOS RP fitted with the RF24- 105mm lens at 1/60sec at f/6.3, ISO 200. Model Meg Biffin (Instagram: @meg_biffin) was posing on the Pixapro stand at the recent The Photography Show, with lighting by Gavin Hoey

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