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  Test # 93 
 
Camera Test

Nikon P300

at 16mm.
F1.8 vs F5
 
Test by Sinan Ozturk   
This comparison demostrates how compact camera apertures are different than SLR camera apertures.

In SLR cameras even if your lens is as fast as F1.8, you try not to shoot with such a large aperture because SLR lenses' performance increase when you step down. In SLR world there is no lens which shoots better photos in F1.8 than F5 or F8.

However compact cameras lenses can be just the opposite as this comparison demostrates. Nikon obviously optimized P300 specifically for F1.8 because its photo quality is much better in F1.8, than F5.

If you are a SLR user, you can also astonished to see depth of fields are nearly same in F1.8 and F5.0 which is again something impossible to see in SLR cameras. In compact cameras even very large apertures like F1.8 can give you a large depth of field due to the structure of its optics.
            [Review by Sinan Ozturk]
  
  
  Comparison Photo # 1  
Photo_248Nikon P300  
against
Photo_249 Nikon P300
F1.8 1/400 160 4mm.    
  F5.0 1/60160 4mm.  
Photo by Sinan Ozturk  Photo by Sinan Ozturk 
100% (1:1) Crop Samples
Nikon P300
Center
F/1.8
Brightness 128
(Almost Same)
Nikon P300
Corner (Top Right)
F/1.8
Brightness 77
5% Darker
Nikon P300
Around Center
F/1.8
Brightness 102
(Almost Same)
Nikon P300
Border (Left)
F/1.8
Brightness 57
(Almost Same)
Nikon P300
Center
F/5.0
Brightness 127
(Almost Same)
Nikon P300
Corner (Top Right)
F/5.0
Brightness 88
5% Brighter
Nikon P300
Around Center
F/5.0
Brightness 106
(Almost Same)
Nikon P300
Border (Left)
F/5.0
Brightness 64
(Almost Same)
Display crops in Black & White
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