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It’s funny how whenever Jordan leaves the S1R and GH5 at home people notice the video looks better.

Jordan, what do you make of this?

I'd agree with this, Iain. The D40 image looks more organic with richer tonality, the D5500 looks more digital and washed out to my eyes. I'm also seeing more subtle colors in the OOF background ...

Thanks for posting these, Iain! So here I wish we had greater DOF and identical focus points as without these it's hard to study the microcontrast advantage that the D40 will have over the D5500. S ...

Haha, don't sweat it. This is purely for the fun of comparing old to new. BTW, did you know that on the Pentax side there's actually a Six-Megapixel Club of guys who love to see just what they can ...

Congrats, Iain! Hopefully you’ll be able to share those comparisons here. It would be great to see both a SOOC bake off as well as RAW h2h. Just choose a scene that has a lot of subtle color ...

Fundamentally I agree. I’m only suggesting what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. People should indeed post their methodology, and, if they can, comparative examples. Unfortunately we ...

Why should the OP be required to share details about his picture controls and raw processing? Seems like we have plenty of people here giving their opinion on these cameras without any of this ...

Uh-oh, I take this as a sign that we won’t be getting our H2H comparison, lol. But seriously, how much time does it take to swap one lens between two cameras and shoot two pictures? Seems that it ...

I’m referring to the gallery images.

I actually find the greens to be strangely identical. There’s hardly much hue differentiation to be seen although I know that a forest ought to include a cacophony of variegated greens.

The other...

Yes, yes, it basically boils down to the different color filters that each camera has and the color processing that this allows. When I say “CCD vs CMOS” it’s only shorthand for “CCD-era CFA’s vs ...

I find that when viewed in isolation it can be easy to conclude that there’s no magic to CCD images. It’s only when you shoot a CCD h2h against a modern CMOS with same lens, same scene, same light ...

You know, Iain, Mako’s suggestion of trying an older Fuji DSLR has some merit. The Fuji S5 Pro uses the D200 body and works with Nikon F-Mount lenses and flashes. And it’s rendering is sublime ...

Thanks, Bob. That’s basically what I do as well (HU3 to TIFF then LAB mode to sharpen). I am interested in specifically what settings others are using to sharpen with. Personally I’ve been using ...

The S5 Pro is notoriously soft coming out of Hyper Utility unsharpened. What sharpening process are you using to sharpen? fPrime

Ah, so true, Ian. Once you know where the differences can be found, it becomes un-see-able from then on. Another known hallmark of strong CFA's is that they offer much better hue discrimination. ...

Agreed... whether its a CCD or CMOS recording substrate matters less than the strength of the color filters (CFA) placed over the sensor. Just look at the D2X as an example of the reverse. It was ...

1. Nikon D700 - The first compact full frame sensor camera for Nikon. It essentially made full frame accessible to Nikon enthusiasts everywhere. 12MP FF is still the sweet spot for shooting ...

Anyone that's interested in taking the CCD vs CMOS test can still do it on David Farkas' article here: http://www.reddotforum.com/content/2015/02/the-great-debate-ccd-vs-cmos-part-1/ Just realize ...

I'd agree that in these examples the D40 is rendering more punchy colors than the D5500. We might even say the D5500 colors look a bit too muted in comparison. But can we really say that the D40 is ...