Wayne

We test the diffraction effects when using two lenses on an infrared converted Canon 350D digital camera. When we got our recently converted for infrared photography Canon 350D back from www.MaxMax.com it came with a convenient set of comments. One of these waas that, because of diffraction effects, you could expect to get the sharpest …

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We test the Sony H5 digital camera for its ability to take infrared shots when using a Hoya R72 filter In this test we went out with the Sony H5 and a good tripod, with a Hoya R72 infrared filter. The H5 is certainly capable of taking some very nice IR shots. The IR blocking …

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We test the Sony H5 for image noise The Sony H5 digital camera is a pretty neat package, combining a 12x optical zoom lens with 7MP of resolution. I did two noise tests, one with areas of plain detail, the other with a much busier image. For cameras without a RAW mode, as here, we …

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Another test of the anti-shake system to offer some more information for those who are interested. The test shots below were taken at a focal length of 70mm , which is the equivalent of 105mm on a full frame 35mm camera. Again, these are unsharpened, RAW images and a 100% from the center of the …

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We test the anti-shake facility of the A100. It is actually harder than you might think to test anti-shake technology in a digital camera. If you want to do so across a wide range of shutter speeds you have to get the light just right so you have the range you want. Since I shoot …

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