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The K3 III in the comparison tool

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James O'Neill Veteran Member • Posts: 6,117
Re: +1 and thank you !
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JeremieB wrote:

KPM2 wrote:

Hello PeterPentax

PeterPentax wrote:

I opened both dng files in Camera Raw.

The Pentax file defaults to Adobe Standard / 6850 WB (+12 tint)/exposure +0.53/sharpening 0.0

The Nikon file defaults to Adobe Color/6850WB (+14 tint)/ sharpening +40/ Color NR +25

Thank you for to compare it with your Adobe Camera RAW tool.

So, I see in the DP comparison tool window a K3 III, K1 or K1 II RAW file with a unusual sharpness amount of 0, meanwhile the Nikon Z9 RAW file get displayed with a sharpness amount of 40 in this comparison tool window...that is not fair !!!!!

best regards KPM2

Thanks for the finding.

So the images from K3III not only have severe shutter shock (not shot again with ES), but also have different sharpening applied ...

Makes that tool pretty much useless IMHO.

A great many such tools are utterly useless. How do you compare camera bodies independent of the lens attached to them? How do you compare shooting the same indoor scene with similar settings between cameras (e.g. all the defaults) which real photographers would not use?

How do you compare (real world example) my Dad sold his Pentax and bought a Canon (in the early days of Film AF), but didn't like the Canon and stopped taking pictures.

The methodology is frequently lousy, the explanation of results poor, and to get a comparison with past results the test is often not realistic. This problem is not confined to DPR or even to photography.

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