Post by belgiumreporter on Jun 10, 2015 7:03:15 GMT -5
Why compare The nikon D3 and pentax Q ? well just because i can and because i wanted to know to wich extend a Q could compare to a D3 ( 5.5 crop sensor against full frame) The Q is hailed as a fine camera and the 5.5 crop Q is better than anything else in it's leage ( think of nikon 1) Once again my test is far from scientific, but shows a real life situation and not a resolution graph. To make things a bit more interesting i've used the nikon 1:1,2 50mm on both cameras. The results so far show that there's no point in using a full frame lens on the Q exept if you want to take advantage of the 5,5x multiplication factor of the Q, but this comes with a (heavy) price. Wide open any fx lens i've tested on the Q is useless, things improve if you stop down. I'll be showing you this in another thread. As far as this test goes, here's the results of a nikkor 50mm 1:1.2 wide open on both cameras. You'll notice the diffrence in perspective as the 50mm behaves as a 220mm on the Q. First the full picture secondly the crop at 100%. You'll also notice the 50 1:1,2 isn't much of a performer wide open even on the D3. Things improve dramaticly if you stop down to 2.8 but then the discussion can start why to buy a 1:1.2 in the first place...
