Judging the camera or judging processing?

Hi Steve. As I said, I am fairly new to all this, so I bow to your superior knowledge in this point. The fact that different brands, & even different models within the brands have varying ways of processing in camera, I think, is what some of us want to know, & see what quality each one gives when set correctly for the situation, without extra processing via PS, lightroom etc. If the same results can be obtained with a £500 camera, then what's the point spending 2 or 3 times that, if extra PP gives the same results? I am not counting different formats here, like FF, etc. As a relative newby, my posts are intended to be taken as questions, & I am always ready to accept if I have got the wrong end of the stick, so to speak. Cheers.

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