Back by popular demand: Nex-7 vs OMD

That DxOMark graph has nothing to do with whether or not the sensor is "cheating". You are mis-interpretting that graph.

DxOMark has to determine that ISO number in order to compare them on equal ground. Typically, cameras further from the actual ISO (below) are better performing sensors. Typically, all that means is that the manufacturer might be trying to prevent clipped highlights by push processing the exposure.

Any review sites should easily catch this by shooting in manual exposure mode.

Eric

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