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Most underestimated camera currently available

Started Mar 4, 2019 | User reviews thread
Alex Sarbu Forum Pro • Posts: 13,257
Re: Most underestimated camera currently available
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Roland Karlsson wrote:

Alex Sarbu wrote:

It doesn't tell me how the image would look like. I cannot see the number and visualize the end result - the image.

Fair enough.

But numbers that have no meaning for you can still be meaningful for you.

Hmm...

I assume that you cannot visualize that your HD PENTAX-D FA ★ 50mm f/1.4 SDM AW has 15 lens elements, and that some of them are aspheric and that there are some exotic low dispersion lenses. Still, I think you can appreciate the facts.

Just for the record, I'm not generalizing and I definitely don't reject numbers altogether. Being a software engineer, I work with numbers (and I know a bit about testing)

BTW - the numbers you cannot visualize potentially means better low light performance and higher dynamic range. Just as an aspheric surface potentially means higher IQ.

It's not that I can't, it's simply impossible.

I'm quite certain nobody here can associate a certain image with the corresponding numbers from those tests. Yet I've seen claims made about things those tests don't even measure...

Alex

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