Jorgen Udvang
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The Sony is a p&s, the Nikons are system cameras. Yes, the V3 is expensive, but it's also in a totally different class altogether.
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Today, best in class means a Sony sensor.Well.... ouch!
I know Dxo is not going to be the end all be all of a camera as a whole, but when you are charging $1,200 USD, you expect close to best in its class....
- Ricardo
Well, a P&S sensor is beating a very expensive system's camera.The Sony is a p&s, the Nikons are system cameras. Yes, the V3 is expensive, but it's also in a totally different class altogether.
The very expensive system camera can mount an f/1.2 portrait lens. That is 4 stops faster than the Sony at the equivalent focal length. When the V3 is at ISO 400, the Sony will be at ISO 6400.Well, a P&S sensor is beating a very expensive system's camera.
- Ricardo
But the Sony DR still doesn't change. There will be situations where the Sony IQ will pull ahead in spite of the lens saddled with.The very expensive system camera can mount an f/1.2 portrait lens. That is 4 stops faster than the Sony at the equivalent focal length. When the V3 is at ISO 400, the Sony will be at ISO 6400.
Yes, the Sony DR will change... dramatically. At ISO 6400, according to DxO, DR is just 7 on the Sony while it's 10 on the V3 at ISO 400But the Sony DR still doesn't change. There will be situations where the Sony IQ will pull ahead in spite of the lens saddled with.
- Ricardo
All comparisons are apples to oranges in reality. Few people go to the grocery store asking themselves: I wonder if I should buy apples or apples today, unless they have planned to bake an apple pie. There are many ways to fill a stomach, and most of them work, but some are more satisfying than others on any given day. Although apples may taste better on Monday, it might be oranges on Wednesday, even though the stomach is the same and the setting is the same also.All comparing apples with oranges
You missed my point. In good daylight the Sony will pull ahead, so that will cover a lot (most) of daylight shots (precisely the situations where you usually need the most DR btw.). At night you can put a fast prime on the Nikon. Or shoot the sony at 1.8.Yes, the Sony DR will change... dramatically. At ISO 6400, according to DxO, DR is just 7 on the Sony while it's 10 on the V3 at ISO 400
That is very true, but even if farmer Nikon is the only one selling BlueBerry pies (and I like BlueBerries more than any other berry) but is charging 5 times the price of a strawberry pie you can't just help but scratch your head, because you heard in down south people pay for a blue berry pie about as much as the strawberry pie - and even though those blueberry pies down south come in smaller portions they are fresher.All comparisons are apples to oranges in reality. Few people go to the grocery store asking themselves: I wonder if I should buy apples or apples today, unless they have planned to bake an apple pie. There are many ways to fill a stomach, and most of them work, but some are more satisfying than others on any given day. Although apples may taste better on Monday, it might be oranges on Wednesday, even though the stomach is the same and the setting is the same also.
It's not only horses for courses, it's sometimes about a different user experience and a desire to achieve a different result.