I don't know what c-af and s-af stands for, but here is a blurb from the link you posted later:
So what am I seeing? text is not clean, I used iso 200 and studio flashes, it should be as clean as it gets, the same setup and a nikon doesn't have the same effect.
He is probably going into 12-bit mode inadvertently on the Sony (it's easy to do if you don't know how to avoid it).
Your problem there is that this is a SCREEN CAPTURE, not the original output RAW conversion. What you're seeing here is that 1. the capture app may be compressing or otherwise being altered (pixel level clarity is very low), 2. the image could have any unknown amount of adjustments to create that lighter halo, which is almost always a sign of sharpening.
that's putting it mildly, lol... "rescue highlight blownout" is right up there with "government intelligence"
Much ado about nothing. Unless you are into night sky photography, you will never see meaningful artifacts from Sony's lossy compression, and possibly not even then.
the raw is unedited exactly like the one I compare to (nikon D610).
Nevertheless, best to just say 'highlight recovery'. If highlights are 'blown', you can't recover anything. Null data. Nikons don't have magical blown highlight recovery features.everyone understands what is meant by those words
We now see not just moiré but an agenda appearing, despite the fact that your image does not display cRAW artifacts at all, nor highlight and shadow clipping.
I have noticed the problem because I shoot the same objects with 2 different cameras, everything else is the same, same studio, same lights, same software, same me...
So let's see the RAW rather than a picture of a picture.
Assuming your screen capture is 100% exactly the same as the RAW in LR - it doesn't mean there isn't any processing of the image going on, that you have some kind of scaling of your desktop happening or scaling of the image either in LR or at some other point.
And again, as people keep telling you, you're operating from the false assumption that the image you posted exhibits lossy compression cRAW artifacts, which it does not. It's nothing like cRAW compression.
The A7II has the same ARW compression as Sony has been using since the SLT and DSLR days. All signs point to the A7RII having the same.
So let's see the RAW exports with both to compare... Or do a Mac screen capture of the D610 image at the same zoom (which also might be affecting the halo around your letters).
