If i can find one, a Canon 40D or similar would be a better comparison.
And voila! I asked, and I , errr, delivered?
Very preliminary (and actually very flawed, lol).
Nikon D200 jpeg. 50/1.8D at F/4 . Full scene metering
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Canon 40D jpeg. 50/1.8 STM at F/4. Full scene metering.
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A couple of points to note.
Upon looking into the 40D setting, it was shot in "normal" colour space , but had had contrast, sharpness and saturation dialled up. I hadn't thought to do a reset, lol.
Secondly, and of more interest long term, is that the Canon chose a 1/640 shutter speed. The Nikon went with 1/400 . The Nikon may be happier opening up the shadows , which at first seemed a bit unintuitive for a CCD as it would leave the highlights in danger of clipping . But perhaps it makes sense as there may be more headroom at the top end, and less need to lift shadows would offer less noise introduction?
Anyway, I then loaded both raws into DXO PL3 and applied the "standard" preset correction to both files. I also pulled the Nikon file down by 0.15 Exp to equalise the exposure a bit, then exported as jpegs.
D200.
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40D.
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None of this proves anything either way, of course. And the key requirement for CCD sensors in my opinion is sunshine , which was missing today. But it may be of interest to those who post in this thread, given both camera's are of similar vintage and 10mp sensors.
And to finish, the D200 file with a bit more seasoning (mainly unsharp mask).
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