Why so long on the DXOMark and DPReviews?

[Wrathwilde]

To quote DxO's site: "Here is just a sample of our current customers:..." with a picture of Nikon's image below it. I think it is fair to say that they have ties to camera and lens manufacturers because they are expressly advertising these businesses as their customers on their site. Paste the link in a browser and look for yourself. This isn't conjecture nor is it conspiracy theory; it is fact.

EDIT:
I created a PDF of the website. See the attached. Opening the page sometimes defaults to their Home page.

Wrong. It means that several large companies find enough value in DxOMark products and services that they are willing to purchase them, and Nikon happens to be one of many. It's not advertising for Nikon, it's advertising for DxOMark. A lot of large companies list who their customers are, so what? It provides a reassurance for other companies who are looking at purchasing their equipment and services, and therefore further establishes their legitimacy. It doesn't make DxOMark beholden to Nikon in any way.

A customer is a customer, either they find value in your products and services, or they don't. Nikon currently finds that DxoMark's equipment and procedures are helpful in their quest to make better sensors. If anything this makes Nikon beholden to DxOMark, not the other way around.

 

[PhilDrinkwater]

It doesn't make DxOMark beholden to Nikon in any way.

No. But it doesn't discount it either.

I doubt there's anything in the DxO / Nikon "connection" but to assume it is or isn't true (ie. to assume either side is true) is as random as taking the opposite stance.

The simple truth is this:
* Nikon pay DxO for "something".
* We don't know what it is.
* We don't know whether it gives Nikon any advantage.

Past that everything on BOTH sides is just guesswork.

 

[JR]

Past that everything on BOTH sides is just guesswork.
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Maybe some educated guess but well said!

 

[well_dunno]

Mark III results will be on DxO within the next few days it seems...

http://forum.dxomark.com/index.php?topic=720.15

 

[Invertalon]

I can't wait for the flood of D800 vs. 5D3 DXOMark results... (not!)