New V4 firmware for Sony A700
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:04 pm
The Canonista have had their way for too long, but just in case anyone here has seen sense and bought a Sony A700, the new V4 firmware puts right one of the main DPReview criticisms of this excellent APS-C DSLR. This being the inability to turn off hi-iso noise reduction with a raw image file. Not only that, the noise reduction options themselves have been tweaked to favour colour NR in a similar manner to that employed by the Nikon D300. Since both cameras share variants on the Sony 12MP CMOS sensor, this means that you can now get hi-iso images from your £600 Sony looking like that from a £900 Nikon but with image stabilisation. The Canon 40D's only remaining saving grace, its hi-iso performance, is now shot by both its main competitors, but there's nothing constant in this world and no doubt the 50D will be better again.... ![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
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