DR of Nikon vs Canon Article

[Mitch.Conner]

I'm not sure if this article has been discussed before, but I found it while trying to better understand whether the DxOMark tests are as flawed as folks on this forum claim. I found it odd a few weeks ago how on this forum members were proud of the DxOMark G7X results (it was even boasted on the front CR page) when it seems like DxOMark is constantly criticized as using flawed methodology. It made me want to learn more about the DR issue in general - as well as DxOMark results in general.

This article claims to validate the DxOMark results. The issue with this article that strikes me though, is why would you need to radically underexpose or radically overexpose a shot and then try to recover it later? Why not just properly expose it to begin with? Isn't it best to try to pretend that Photoshop and Lightroom don't exist and to get it right when you take the shot?

Here's the article:

https://photographylife.com/nikon-vs-canon-dynamic-range

I'm not advocating one way or another btw - so please don't misunderstand this as me criticizing Canon OR Nikon. I'm just passing this article along that I found interesting, but odd.

EDIT: I just noticed that this site has only reviewed 3 Canon cameras, whereas it has reviewed 20 Nikon cameras. Similarly, it's reviewed 37 Nikon lenses and not a single Canon lens. That would seem to suggest a bit of bias I think.

 

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Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

 

[bholliman]

EDIT: I just noticed that this site has only reviewed 3 Canon cameras, whereas it has reviewed 20 Nikon cameras. Similarly, it's reviewed 37 Nikon lenses and not a single Canon lens. That would seem to suggest a bit of bias I think.

Photography Life is a good website, primarily focused on Nikon gear as the review totals indicate. I think they are trying to expand coverage to include Canon, Sony and other manufacturers as well. They have some good general photography articles and tutorials.

I agree that most articles praising the greater DR of SoNikon sensors seem to focus on lifting shadows of badly underexposed pictures. I'd like to see some examples using well exposed pictures with high DR to see how the Canon and SoNikon compare.