Re: Sony and Canon losing market share in Japan, Nikon gaining
j4nu wrote: ruthenium wrote:
The other day I was looking at the SOOC jpegs from the 102MP GFX100RF on my phone and also on a large display, and I thought those actually looked good; the link to the images: https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1895510/69#16822959
Thus, I remain unconvinced that "A lot of those algorithms would fail to produce an acceptable outcome in high-resolution images when viewed up close." While I have the utmost respect to the artists who "make those processing decisions in order to make the image more true to life or to the intent of the photographer" and myself I spend more time doing post-processing than taking the photos, I don't think this is unrealistic or unreasonable to ask for an entry-level camera that can generate good quality SOOC jpegs. These don't need to be art, just reasonable good quality for a consumer who isn't proficient in post-processing (yet who might become interested in this aspect later on).
Are you guys saying that current entry-level cameras (e.g. A7III?) cannot generate acceptable SooC jpegs?
You have to realize the standards here are extremely high.
Personally the fundamental problem with SooC jpegs is that the camera is processing for some generic monitor as the target.
This also means that the jpeg will likely not look good in print, because it’s not optimized for your printer!
When I make a print, I make a completely different edit for each printer+paper type I want to print on. They will look different from something optimized for the screen.
Soon we will have to optimize for HDR monitors with huge color volume (90%+ of bt2020). These monitors already exist (qd-oled, and the incoming rgb led backlight tech) when this becomes mainstream jpegs may become redundant because they are only 8 bit.
May 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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