Quit looking at your flipping nerdy boy charts and look at real life results!!! Look at the A77 compared to the D7000 and 7D. Use your eyes!
Sony SLT-A77 studio comparison samples: Digital Photography Review
The Nikon d7000 And Canon 7D are similar at high ISO's, the Sony A77 Is completely and utterly S*** at high ISO's. If you can't see that you are clearly blind! It lags FAR behind both the Canon and Nikon results... quit trying to compete by using test charts as evidence, look at real life results! So I reiterate this complete BS about Canon lagging behind in sensor technology is complete rubbish, they may be slightly behind Nikon but not as far behind as you are making out. The only thing that can make this thread more boring and trashy than it is, is if the downhill 'Skieur' returned.
That felt good!
{Facepalm} You are giving the D7000 a bad image by saying it is similar to the Canon 7D. You wanted me to use my eyes, but it seems you are not using yours. Seriously dude. Are you smoking crack or something? lol.
By the looks of the date that images was posted, it seems that DPreview's a77 was running on a pre-matured FW (1.02 ). You are also comparing those images in a tiny little boxes. Even an iPhone4 shot is going to be almost as good in comparison. Let me give you a better site to compare images:
Imaging Resource "Comparometer" ™ Digital Camera Image Comparison Page
a77 vs 7D from
ISO100 to
ISO1600: a77 destroyed the 7D in every category.
ISO3200: Noise seems pretty even, but a77 looks better and sharper
ISO6400 and above. a77 Noise performance starts falling behind the 7D from the the ISO6400, but the difference is hardly visible. For some reason, a77 images still looking better if you don't zoom in.
How much better the 7D in high ISO? Do the math.
Canon 7D vs Sony SLT A77
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[TD="bgcolor: transparent"]-Slightly lower Noise at high ISO - 854 vs 801 - "The 7D has a slight edge (0.1 f-stops) in low noise, high ISO performance. 0.1 f-stop difference? lol
Now the a77 advantage:
-Significantly better image quality - 78.0 vs 66.0
"Around 20% better image qualit
-More dynamic range - 13.2 EV vs 11.7 EV
"1.5 f-stops more dynamic range"
-Better color depth - 24 bits vs 22 bits
"Distinguishes 2 more bits of color"
Real life results and Lab test prove the superiority of the a77. Now lets go back to the "sensor talk". You wanted to talk about sensors but you used the a77 to compare ignoring the fact that it is loosing light because of the Pellicle Mirror. Why not use the NEX-7 instead? Are you really that dumb? Nyehehehe![/TD]
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Question for you, Nikon_Josh. D300s was released the same year as the 7D?

And why are you keep calling out Skieur? Do you like him? hehe