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Why is live view so much better on Sony than Nikon?
Mere Mortal recently asked why no Sony Alpha question here so I thought I'd post one.
I recently traded a Nikon d300 for a Sony A550 primarily due to the features (stabilized sensor, instant response live view, reticulated screen, HDR) but one thing I hadn't expected is that in the focus mode live view (so it's in the same mode as the Nikon live view) the low light response is so much better then with the Nikon D300. For instance, when low light night time street shooting, with the Nikon all you see is the points of source light while the with the Sony the whole scene is clear and visible. It also greatly exceeds what you can make out in either camera's optical viewfinder.
So why is it if both camera's are using their primary sensor (Sony also has a second sensor for a fast response live view mode but it isn't much good in low light) to give you live view the Sony's is so much better than the Nikon's in low light?
1 Answer
- PolyhistorLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
regardless of what Fotoace says, there are no flies on the Sony camera. To answer your questions, Sony has far more experience with video images than Nikon. Nikon uses Sony sensors.
As far as I am concerned, both Nikon and Canon, with the IS in the lenses, is nothing more than retro engineering, it is an afterthought and they did not want to change the basis for their basic camera, so that was the only way that they could do it. Both Sony and Olympus use a camera based IS which is better.