# Pi HQ Camera vs DSLR image fidelity **URL:** \ **Category:** Research\ **Created:** [August 29, 2024, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.kinograph.cc/t/pi-hq-camera-vs-dslr-image-fidelity/2810 "2024-08-29T09:18:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![cpixip](https://forums.kinograph.cc/user_avatar/forums.kinograph.cc/cpixip/32/852_2.png) [@cpixip](https://forums.kinograph.cc/u/cpixip)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.kinograph.cc/t/pi-hq-camera-vs-dslr-image-fidelity/2810/2 "2024-08-29T11:52:49Z")
> [@verlakasalt](#): > > Bottom: Pi with the Schneider @5.6, raw image at half native resolution (resized full resolution is maybe getting a tad closer, but not “quarter the storage space” closer). just a quick remark: do not use the “half native resolution”, as it is noticeably worse than a scaled down “full resolution” image. This has been the subject of several discussions here on the forum, already at times were the supporting software was based on picamera, not picamera2. With the old picamera-lib, “mode 2” was much inferior than a rescaled “mode 3”. Here’s an old comparison between these modes ![Mode Comparision](https://forums.kinograph.cc/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4024bc51db9a51124903ef4a4a1613e48211453e.jpeg) from [this discussion](https://forums.kinograph.cc/t/hdr-exposure-bracketing/1671/17). You definitely need to view the above image at full resolution to notice the differences between half (“mode 2”) and full (“mode 3”) resolution mode of the HQ sensor in full glory. Still, looking at the dirt particles in your example, there seems to be quite some softness with the HQ/Schneider combination, compared to the DSLR. From my experience, setting focus with these small formats is quite challenging. Your DSLR capture seems to have a slight magenta tint… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.kinograph.cc/t/pi-hq-camera-vs-dslr-image-fidelity/2810)._