Trevor G

As usual, they are not PPed, deliberately, to allow people to see how they will emerge from the cameras. It's true, I don't use Photoshop, layers, masks and whatever - that is not my job, that just...

Have a look at the detail on the fingers and the jeans, especially the stitching and the yellow panel on the guitar. The other issue is that the X20 image was originally L size - I have reduced it...

I'm not so sure there is a real DR advantage. If you regard highlight headroom as an indicator of DR (which it isn't really, but it gives an idea) the X20 has 2EV at DR200 in L size.  The X10 has 2...

I regularly shoot my X20 against my D700 with the 35-70 f2.8 lens in a semi-pro setting under concert lighting. I can definitely see the advantage of the Nikon over the X20 at full size, but at the...

And here are the crops.  First, the hair: The colour from the X10 is probably better, or closer to natural, than the X20.  I had to play with colour "profiles" (which are built into Silkypix...

At the risk of offending the X10 diehards (I was one once, before the X20) I post M size shots of the musician portrait. Here is a previous thread with L size images from RAW, which is not really...

That's not firmware, that's hardware. The mechanical shutter used does not have time to fully cover and uncover the aperture when it is at maximum. As you stop down you can get faster shutter...

The best intentions in the world cannot make up for a mistake. Do it right and get it right - no one (including me) has said that you are a bad person.  You just made a mistake which made your test...

How did you select RAW? There are 2 methods for selecting RAW - by assigning it to the Fn button, or by selecting it, in the Shooting Menu, with JPEG quality. If you select RAW via the FN button it...

The X20 has the same limitation.

You should have looked back in my posting history to see many threads started (30 or so) extolling the virtues of the X10, especially in regard to its amazing highlight headroom available via...

RAW is the only option if you want to see the full 2+ EV ofghighlight recovery/headroom extension which is available naturally (no sensor amplification techniques used) when shootinng M size and...

Here's a thread in this forum addressing the topic specifically: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3093027 It's step by step.  Takes a while to read (because it is comprehensive) but open an...

Not sure what you are referring to there - could you elaborate, please?  What rear focused shot are you referring to?   When I get back I can show default from RFC vs DSP5. DSP5 has intrinsically...

I checked several times - the X10 image is straight off the plate at default Silkypix settings.  Dark hair will often smudge because of NR, but being RAW this means that is how it comes out of the...

I'll post the RAWs when I get back.

Back again... I've explained several times, Paul. When comparing sensor output one generally uses processing software at default settings. That takes away the results of subjective...

That's a really bad guess. The Noise and sharpening settings are identical for both cameras. They are basically zeroed (NR, that is). And if I get time I'll post the X10's best effort (jpeg) vs...

Can I assume this is Windows? What version? I'll help.

As I keep pointing out, sensor quality is normally examined by using default processing settings.