Hi,
My view is that DxO does unbiased and scientifically sound work. I certainly feel they deserve a lot of respect for publishing their results, no one else is doing a similar effort. So I'm much against DxO bashing.
The way I see it sometimes the DxO numbers agree with our expectations and than we say that they are great, sometimes they don't fit our expectations than we say they are not so great.
What folks need to realize that photography is about perception and perception is not really the same as physics. There is always a possibility that measurements don't measure the right parameters the right way, or that they are not easy to interpret. There is always a temptation to condense all findings into a single "figure of merit", in my view it's simply a stupid approach.
My view on this discussion may be:
- Some of Mark Dubovoy's observations regarding DR need some elaboration or evidence. They certainly seem to contradict basic science. I may be wrong on this but would really like to see some explanation, proof or evidence.
- It's not possible to reproduce a DR in excess of 7 to eight step in a print without manipulating tonality. So if we discuss prints, we also discuss processing.
Best regards
Erik
Jeff,
I really like your landscape photographs and I think you are a knowledgable photographer. That is why your post surprises me. How do you give that much credit to DxO and not the same credit to photographers who works daily with MFD ?
But then I also see that you work with D3x, so is it that you are really serious in your post or in a way you defend your gear?
Because then, how can you explains the enormous amount of top photographers that are working in fashion, landscape, arquitecture and fine arts who only work with MFD or LF ?
I'd like to see a real world comparaison between the Nikon and some MFD, with texture clothes, complex patterns, difficult light etc...to see if this DxO is trustable in the real world. Numbers are one thing, and DxO is NOT absolute mathematics calculations but just a way of testing, reality is another story.
In my understanding of course and with all my respect.
Cheers.
Fred.