A plane crash leaves the mirrorless flagships overexposed to the dynamic range of elements. Will Canon, Nikon & Sony come to their sensors and group together to weather the aberrations ahead, or will they cannibalize one another? Watch this week's episode with Chris and Jordan to find out!
Gold Award! Not a knee slapper, but a mirror slapper, you could say. This is the way forward for camera testing. Each camera with a personality. Nikon is smooth and polished from years of experience. Sony is, as always, interested in world domination. Canon doesn't say much, staying above the fray. And in the Hollywood ending, Pentax has the final say.
Umm good try friends... Thanks for thinking outside the box ... But this isn't really good. Please stick with what you normally do which you have become very good at already.
Oh dear, you should first see part I - the Battle At F-Stop Ridge...of a couple of years back, this one is clearly a step up by means of special effects... :-)
Better question: Were the content creators for DPR naughty or nice? What Santa in the sacks? Spill the beans. Hogmanay. Australia got CV19 from Santa. However, some got coal, others a BEV, I got an S1 with 20-60, 21, 28, 45 & 90mm Zeiss. I also got a Nikkor 70-200/4 + collar. I have IMNHO been very nice.
Thanks, dbateman. I can't tease apart these lines on my minter for some reason, so while I realized I was reading it wrongly the first time, I can't see it very clearly at all. So, I withdrew the comment. I'll leave the discussion to others.
So you call Olympus the victor because it barely wins at 2 ISO settings, while being significantly worse at all others? Also having 1.5 stops less maximum DR (where landscape photographers will use the camera) is a loss?
@panther fan, The main curves are based on the set ISO of the camera. The DXO curves are based on relative ISO. So yes you can compare the curves knowing that and it shows you how the cameras have pushed and pulled around different generations. Look at the Em1mk2 vs Em1mk3, similar curve, just the Em1mk2 is 2/3rds more to the right. Similar for the z5 and z9, the older z5 is 2/3rds more to the right. But you can compare others as well to get an idea. The Em1mk2 vs z5 vs z9 is interesting. Especially if you like more depth of field. These are at the camera's set ISO values.
Thus when looking at the dpreview test shots its always important to look at the information to see the real shutter speed value to understand how much real light is coming in. Their images are hard to compare because the camera set ISO values may lead to different exposures, also they still use Adobe for raw, which uses very odd curves for each camera.
The funny jump of the z7 you see at ISO 400 leads to different exposure. Olympus is F5.6 ISO 400 1/125, the Z5 is getting less light at 1/200, and the Z7 is 1/160.
@dbateman Other than base ISO performance you can not compare cameras. Just compare the Z9 and the X-Pro 3. The chart looks like the X-Pro3 has better DR over most of the ISO range. IT DOES NOT. It just shifted its ISO definition.
It could be 3 stops better at real ISO 6400 than the Z9 or 3 stops worse. Photons to photos doesn't answer that.
X-Pro 3 and X-T3 also share the same exposure times in the DPreview gallery. So that doesn't answer that. As they shifted the point of normal grey as well as the ISO definition. Only a normalized test like DXO would show that difference
No you can compare cameras to know what your tool is doing to help you understand what settings will be best for you. I am not saying one camera is better than an other. That is stupid. You need to understand your tool.
@panther fan, My first comment still seems blocker. Basically it said I think comparing 2 cameras to say one is better is silly. This data tells us what our tools are doing and you need to understand that to best set it up for the best image quality.
It's not simple or entirely valid to compare cameras of different brands, with different base ISOs, at anything but their base ISO(s). I say ISO(s) plural to include dual gain architectures, in which case there's effectively a second higher gain base ISO. And it's really only sensible to compare only the magnitude of that dynamic range at those base ISOs, not necessarily the ISO values. This is because, as has been mentioned, manufacturers can arbitrarily define ISO ratings. They usually don't completely arbitrarily set them, but there's enough variability and 'noise' in these ratings so as to make meaningful comparisons difficult. For example, those graphs would have you believe the APS-C X-Pro3 has better high ISO DR performance than the Nikon Z7 II or Z5, which simply isn't true, not even at 1:1 magnifications, as you can see here.
We first met the camera with the stacked sensor from Samsung and the ISO was not good. Don't expect good iso from the stacked sensors. This is physically impossible. DR can't be good either. That's why Sony A1's sensor gets a low score and doesn't have a good sensor. In addition, m43 s processors give better results because they have small sensors.
@gokhankuzu Samsung never used a stacked sensor in a camera. And phones all use stacked sensors
Also, the A9 performed well at high ISO above the second gain stage, it just lacked base ISO DR. And the A1 performs well at all ISOs. It is where you expect it to be for it's sensor size and 2 stops better than any M43 camera
Olympus cameras they survive everything ,house fires ,being left in elements for 6 months in the mountains ,falls i even had mine fall of my mono pod ,they can be dipped in rivers ,well in fact they did not survive they are now om digital ,they are super sealed and super tough.
Mt Olympus ,Nikon Sony & Canon could not see it coming in 2022 m43 delievers ,actually had m43 had better auto focus or at least kept up with canon and sony ,i would still be using the system now.
HowaboutRAW I know, I was being cheeky. Even my 2014 vintage Fuji gear can give 35mm film a serious run for the money at ISO 3200.
Marginal use case situations aside, one valuable role film can play is if you don't have any full frame digital gear, but lots of high end for its time 35mm film gear, you can shoot 'full frame' without buying a Speed Booster adapter to your old glass.
Great, funny; but sadly, some truth there. I wish Nikon was in a better position, but recent efforts may be too little too late for them. Rulers in the film era, but just too conservative in the digital age. Unfortunately, this video also reflects the attitudes of many of the fanboys around here who seem to enjoy bickering as much snapping photos.
" it appears to have sold more than US$50m worth on day one of availability, with hundreds of millions of other orders still outstanding."
"I doubt there's anyone in Tokyo thinking the Z9 is a flop. Certainly not at Nikon headquarters, and I'm pretty sure not at Canon or Sony headquarters, either."
"I expect Nikon Imaging to report better than estimated results for the quarter that's about to end. And profitable results, at that. "
I'm glad to see Nikon regaining its footing, but what they need to do now IMHO, is to follow up with new models that will inherit some features of the Z9 - this is great camera that many will lust after, but it's beyond reach of most non-pro photo enthusiasts. After the "D3 moment", the Z mount needs a "D700 moment", "D800 moment" and "D500 moment", hopefully avoiding a "D600 moment" in the meantime.
Well, everyone seems so sure about Nikon, except the above video. I do miss the Nikon user experience. Sony has ruined photography for me.
I do wish EVF quality was a higher priority at Nikon. 2.36m "dots" (0.7 MP, or whatever), like in many cameras, is unacceptable IMO. The Z9's 3.68m "dots" is one of its few criticisms.
I occasionally use the Sony Alpha 1 and I have also used the A7R3 and A7R4 and A9II. I currently have the Z 9 in my kit. Judging the Z 9’s EVF based on its specs is different from judging it when it is up to your eye. When shooting the Z9 EVF I feels virtually transparent. It also a couple of tricks up it’s sleeve which I have either missed how to turn on or not found. 1) eyeglass wearer mode. This reduces the apparent size of the image area so it is much easier to take in the entire image all the way into the corners of you are wearing glasses. 2) if you don’t want to use eyeglass mode or wear your glasses while using the EVF and need to dial in the built-in diopter so the image in the view finder is crisp and sharp, the diopter adjustment range appears (I haven’t checked the specs) to be wider.
Bhaha gives me these "first" Canon EOS M vibes. I was so prepared to buy Xiaomi 12 Pro with tripple 50Mpx sensor and be done with smaller cameras, only to find that it uses small secondary sensors, and they "cheated me". Soo, not yet. But it will happen! :-) 3x 1/1,28" sensor on a phone and good processing might kill things like ridiculously priced RX100 and even some APS-Cs.
For some reason it isn't mentioned that this is in fact an episode from the TV series Manifest. Information you should know (also, spoiler alert): The plane has in fact crashed ages ago. The survivors are actually dead but just don't know it. The apparent survivors will each die at a different time and suddenly and for no good reason in the near future based on some arbitrarily determined calculus.
LOL..."Lost retread"...I haven't seen the show Manifest, but it sure does sound like largely a redo of Lost...of course that's standard for movies and TV shows...they often copy from each other.
In fact, it's really a phenomenon we see with storytelling in human cultures from the very beginning. Successful stories are often repeated with minor variations. For instance, we see this with a lot of religious stories.
@Adam007 - Manifest has been around for at least 3 years. There's nothing I've said here that isn't at least a year old information, so not much of a spoiler really. But you get on your hobby horse. Enjoy yourself.
Leica should have been included, they will definitely be a survivor( Though I'm not sure if that is true of their mirrorless models- but I bet against them.).
"Fuji owners are delusional if they think that the company's business model or appeal is the same as Leica's."
Very true. Leica appeals to pretentious people who feel better if they overpay for a mediocre product. Fuji users, by contrast, want an enjoyable photographic experience at an affordable price.
As a Pentax K3III and a Pixel 6 pro owner I approve of this message. As a side note are we sure the Pentax didn’t already eat someone else because that’s not her memory card door.
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