| Photo: Richard Butler |
With the release of S1ii, Panasonic became the second company marketing a camera with a “partially stacked” sensor, which uses more sophisticated readout circuits to obtain more than possible data with existing BSI designs. (Although almost fully stacked design is not allowed.) We have a chance to put it in front of our studio testing scene, to see how this image performs in terms of quality and dynamic range.
Our Test scene is designed to follow the scene Different types of textures, color and expansion types will cope in the real world. It also has two light mode, full light and low directional light to see the effects of various lighting conditions.
S1ii performs well in the shooting of our test view, which provides great image quality. Given the base ISO Raw, the S1ii captures the same levels of expansion as other 24MP full-frame cameras on the market.,However, the JPEG engine of Panasonic seems to get rid of too much in the form of Nikon or Canon.
Talking about that JPEG engine, we have been pleased with the colors of the Panasonic for some time, and S1ii is no exception; The rest of its competition and the company’s previous cameras, its colors are solid.
S1ii’s noise levels are competitive in high ISOS in mid -Iceos. Its JPEG engine still maintains a commendable job of reducing the noise while maintaining in detail.
* The price of S1ii puts it in competition with very slow, but high-resolution cameras such as Sony A7CR and Panasonic’s own S1rii; If you care more about image quality than speed, it is noticeable.
dynamic range
S1ii provides a nice amount of dynamic range, which gives you a place to draw your shadow without expanding with noise. However, given the lack of croma noise in our tests, it seems that some noise may decrease, either in ACR or in-camera. Either way, can be squeezed out of files, no bad surprise, although you will see a little extra reading noise effects if you are shooting to maximize the dynamic range in Base ISO.
Exposure latitude , Iso invariance
It is still a relatively new sensor, but it seems that Panasonic is getting a lot of it. The quality of the image of S1ii is similar to other 24MP full-frame cameras, with very slow bursting rates and less capable video glasses. Speaking, be sure to stay: Tomorrow we will take a look at the video still from S1ii.
