gdanmitchell wrote:
There are situations in which more DR is a good thing, and anyone should welcome ongoing improvements in this area. However, I could never figure out why it became such a huge deal for so many folks.
It\'s probably because there are rarely any attributes that are that different between brands. Canon and Nikon are extremely close in resolution, high ISO performance, framerates, AF points, buffer size, price, body size/weight etc.
A two and half stop difference (or a factor of five in linear terms) is quite a lot. Again the standard disclaimer applies - not everyone wants/needs increased dynamic range. The only thing I can think of that\'s comparable is when Canon offered full frame bodies and Nikon didn\'t. I remember back then there were a lot of threads on the Nikon forum about how people didn\'t need full frame, crop sensors were just as good and the differences were very small etc. Those sentiments suddenly vanished when Nikon released the D3, and I\'m assuming the same thing will happen with people claiming they don\'t need increased dynamic range now Canon have addressed the it.
Sep 10, 2016 at 03:49 PM
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