R Butler

R Butler

Lives in United Kingdom Seattle, United Kingdom
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Joined on Nov 7, 2007

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  • Commented on Olympus PEN E-P5 Review preview

    So it couldn't be the case that these brands, which are trying something new, haven't yet ironed-out all the glitches, the way that companies taking a more conservative, iterative have?

    How does...

  • Commented on Studio Test Scene article

    So far we've added the Nokia 1020 - I'm not sure if we can get an 808 back in, but it's on our list of products we'd like to add.

    [A selection of phones is already available over on...

  • Commented on Olympus PEN E-P5 Review preview

    There were several reasons behind the change. You can read about them and about the things we have tried to add with the new scene.

    [An introduction to our new studio...

  • Commented on Olympus PEN E-P5 Review preview

    There were several reasons behind the change. You can read about them and about the things we have tried to add with the new scene.

    [An introduction to our new studio...

  • Commented on Olympus PEN E-P5 Review preview

    Not at the moment.

    We're experimenting with a 2-way comparison that can then be pushed to show other cameras from the descriptive text below the scene. We were worried that having four cameras...

  • Commented on Olympus PEN E-P5 Review preview

    Not at the moment.

    We're experimenting with a 2-way comparison that can then be pushed to show other cameras from the descriptive text below the scene. We were worried that having four cameras...

  • Commented on Olympus PEN E-P5 Review preview

    That should be fixed shortly.

  • Commented on Olympus PEN E-P5 Review preview

    If I may distract you from your crusade for a moment - the review explains why it misses our on a Gold.

  • Commented on Olympus PEN E-P5 Review preview

    If I may distract you from your crusade for a moment - the review explains why it misses out on a Gold.

  • Commented on Olympus PEN E-P5 Review preview

    It should be there now.

  • Hi Jakob We're really focusing on reviews at the moment. Yes, we know some models have fallen through the gaps and the Panasonics have been victims of that (mainly because they weren't available...
  • Hi Dave It's a fair point and, in part, is the reasons we haven't done this before (because whatever size we choose, it'll be 'wrong' for someone). We choose this size because we believe it...
  • My first impressions, based only on these samples, is that there's more detail in the foliage of the first 100% crop - something that you can't replicate with ACR (or, at least, not something...

  • You mean like the ones in the link marked:

    ["comparison between ACR, Capture One and the camera's JPEG...

  • You mean like the ones in the link marked:

    ["comparison between ACR, Capture One and the camera's JPEG...

  • We're trying to include some older cameras in the new scene, but it takes a lot of work to shoot each camera (and it's hard to get hold of older cameras in as-new condition - particularly...
  • This interview from a couple of years ago should give you some idea as to what's going on: Interview with Apical Each manufacturer applies its own logic to whether the exposure is also adjusted...
  • The studio shots were taken with 4 seconds of Anti-Shock, as well as 2 second self timer. IS Off. Richard - dpreview.com
  • @sensibill - The reason we find a different DR result to DxO is that they're testing Raw DR and we're showing how much of that is conveyed into the JPEGs. We're working on way to incorporate some...

  • @sensibill - The only place I can see a 1EV difference is in DRO Auto (they're identical in DRO Off).

    The extra 1/3EV in the highlight looks a lot like a rounding error - the graphs track each...

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