R10 vs. R8 - Long time exposure test

odklizec · Oct 20, 2008

Today I did a long exposure test both with R8 and R10 set to 8 secs. Here are my finding:

R10 shows visibly less hot pixels.
R10 photos are visibly sharper and shows more details at Infinity distance (I noticed this also in daylight shots).
R10 photos are less sharpened by in-camera sharpening.
There is a bit more color noise visible in R10 shots (mainly in dark areas) but I think it's because of Color Depth set to +2. More vibrant colors simply pronounce also the color noise. Maybe it's a good idea to use lower color depth for higher ISO and night shots. I will do some more tests in this area.