All the full-sized JPEG shots from the article was corrected by two plugins (with identical settings and levels for both cameras):
- Quantum Mechanics Pro plugin for colours artefacts/noise supress (any Bayer pattern sensor produce some colour artefacts)
- KPT Equalizer (part of KPT 6 plugin) for highest frequencies amplifying (Fuji EX convertor have poor sharpness algorithm with big sharpen radius, white halo etc., then is better to switching sharpening off and use some of sharpening plugins during post-processing, like KPT EQ, Focal Blade etc.)
ISO 160 shots (why ISO 100 shots are not present?)
Focusing error on S2 Pro (lens outfocused). Some crops from original Jpegs:
ISO 400
ISO 800
I don't know, why this S2 Pro camera have outfocusing problem (the same error on most shots): may be, AF (mirror position) should be adjusted in a repair center, may be dioptric correction wrong adjusted (in case of manual focus) etc.
All of these shots show that difference between cameras detalisation/resolution is more less than author of this comparison found.
What about AF-S 28-70/2.8 shot? I think that author's shot show simple C.A. in the top left corner at open aperture, amplified by Kodak's small details colour artefacts. This problem wasn't present at S2 Pro shots because APS-sized CCD don't captured this corner. It isn't a big problem for me, because most Kodak's shots should be processed with Quantum Mechanics plugin that good eleminated C.A. with any other colour artefacts (of course, some masking of effective small colour details should be used before this plugin start).
TeddyBear, Russia