Next Canon step in the matter of their sensors

[dswatson83]

You are assuming that the 5D mark III has a crappy sensor. Other than the DxO test, I have not seen a single report complaining about the sensor. Most reviews have highly praised the mark III in every way. Though I do think that the MIII was more about perfecting the sum of the parts than working on a specific area. Same with the 1DX which uses even a smaller 18MP and not offering a larger MP body. The Mark III is a clear improvement in every area, including the sensor. And if you believed that DxO was the benchmark for sensor technology, you would sell your D4 for a D7000.

 

[marekjoz]

You are assuming that the 5D mark III has a crappy sensor. Other than the DxO test, I have not seen a single report complaining about the sensor. Most reviews have highly praised the mark III in every way. Though I do think that the MIII was more about perfecting the sum of the parts than working on a specific area. Same with the 1DX which uses even a smaller 18MP and not offering a larger MP body. The Mark III is a clear improvement in every area, including the sensor. And if you believed that DxO was the benchmark for sensor technology, you would sell your D4 for a D7000.

@drwatson83 - If you're referring to me, then no - I don't think 5d3 has a crappy sensor. I don't own one, so really cannot say anything but only write anything what I've read, so really nothing interesting in this area . I've read some comments (also from people in the field) and benchmarks and fairly speaking I think I know what kind of animal this camera is. Having 7d and 5d2 I can imagine how it behaves and what IQ it has. What I've read made me rather think that publicity for 5d3 is not quite good comparing of course to d800. So this was rather a reason for this survey as well as interest in your opinion for Canon's reaction for all these benchmarks, comparisons and "vs'es"

What I've read as far I think drcrouble has really summarized it quite well. Also neuro has proved that dxo numbers has nothing to deal with the sales results and canon was always far behind nikon in dxo ratings. Now it's a bit different than before but there are always another circumstances, so I's rather not really worth mentioning.

BTW - The reason I don't own 5d3 is not my doubt in this camera, but rather the fact that I didn't need it so much and when I was decided to get one, it stopped to be available where I live.

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

or they will just post a link to the techradar test with a big question mark ?

and ask how two DxO test can have different results.

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=5868.0

none of the techradar results make much sense at all

Why don't TechRadar's results make sense?

The one thing I walk away from those graphs with is the fact that Canon is obviously doing something pretty nasty during the in-body JPG conversion to have that large a discrepancy in the results.

Maybe it's because I want to believe those results, but they just feel more feasible. Especially with the D4 having higher scores then the 800.

because the DR improvements go flat on the low end to a degree that nobody else has found to be true and the relative differences between cameras don't remotely match what others have found

and, if you take shots, and play around with them, the relative performance between cameras still doesn't match what they got