Archives for 2016

This is part of a long series of posts about the Sony a6300. The series starts here. We saw in the a6300 read noise tests that I posted earlier that the input-referred read noise of the Sony 6300 in single shot shutter mode didn’t vary much from ISO 100 to 320 and from ISO 400… [Read More]

This is part of a long series of posts about the Sony a6300. The series starts here. Pixel response non-uniformity, or PRNU, doesn’t get much notice these days. That’s because, with most modern cameras,  it’s so low that it doesn’t affect normal photography. I didn’t expect the a6300 to be any different, but I looked… [Read More]

This is part of a long series of posts about the Sony a6300. The series starts here. Warning. This is going to be a nerdy post, even by the standards of this blog. If digital camera design and computer simulation is of no interest to you, step away from the computer; there’s nothing to see… [Read More]

This is part of a long series of posts about the Sony a6300. The series starts here. The Sony a6300 has a silent shutter mode. When running silent, the mechanical shutter is on vacation, lying back and catching Z’s while the sensor does all the work. The mechanical shutter is a rabbit, completing an exposure… [Read More]

This is part of a long series of posts about the Sony a6300. The series starts here. You’re probably not gonna use your Otus 85 on an a6300, so sharpness comparisons between the two cameras probably aren’t of much practical use. But you might use your Batis on the a6300. How much sharpness do you… [Read More]