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Switch to Sony for HDR Reasons? G7X vs RX100 M3/M4

Started Jun 24, 2015 | Discussions thread
NIK11 Senior Member • Posts: 2,827
Re: Switch to Sony for HDR Reasons? G7X vs RX100 M3/M4

semifast wrote:

damian5000 wrote:

Nobody is going to focus on one single area and pixel peep it. The question is what does default HDR do for pictures here, and the answer is virtually nothing. Try art standard, that produces more dramatic results, but vey saturated color.

I take it the Canon HDR has limited controls ?

I'm not sure about the RX100 but other Sonys, like the Nex cameras, have 5 or 6 levels of automatic HDR processing.

I have owned both RX100m2 and G7X and found the Sony HDR implementation much better than Canon's. G7X adds only 1 stop, degrades IQ substantially and my copy suffered from colour banding round the edges when negative EV was applied. RX has more range, degrades IQ slightly and better stitching.

But that's not the whole story. I found Canon's i-contrast that's adds 1+ stop of highlight retention (jpeg) superior to Sony's DRO equivalent (about 0.6 stop), in both cases no deterioration in IQ.

So I'd say it's a draw and unlikely to be a deciding factor for most buyers, I suggest.

Nick

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