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Originally Posted by Atmos
You're right Lee, I did mean sky limited not RN limited. I had the same idea in my head, just the wrong wording 
Looking up the sensor that goes into this camera, used in a bunch of Olympus models, it appears to have an peak QE of 57%. This puts it on par with most of the front illuminated KAF sensors. |
Were those mono sensors? As far as i can determine Olympus did not make a dslr with the mono version of this Panasonic sensor. Sensorgen has figures, as do other sources like DPReview but they are all for the colour sensor. The Relative QE charts i have seen do place the 8300 and 1600 very close but the 1600 is ahead on lower noise and slight better QE in the middle of the spectrum. Still even if they were equal on all aspects of performance, the 1600 is over $1000 cheaper than the lowest cost 8300 camera. I have to wonder how long Atik and others with 8300 cameras can maintain a big ptice premium.