I must say I am still a bit surprised how much DR this photographic tool has. As a real life valid example I wanted to show from a shot I did last weekend:
That shot was a bit heavy back lit. You can see below the original shot after the crop I did on the left square, and on purpose pushing it more than I needed to show the incredible shadow range this camera has:
And here's a 100% crop. If you notice the shadows have been pushed up by 4.5 stops in Aperture!
You just see a hint of noise. I must say that is quite remarkable.
PS: If you are wondering about the sharpness two things to keep in mind:
#1. I was manually focusing, relatively wide open (F4 for APS-C). The focus is slightly behind her. It still prints good.
#2. I have not applied any sharpening whatsoever to these crops, wanted to show specifically the DR.
#3. Remember that more DR is not always good. Sometimes you want to blow something out to dark or white for composition. You can work with a camera with less DR more to that effect. There's still no excuse for bad photos
That shot was a bit heavy back lit. You can see below the original shot after the crop I did on the left square, and on purpose pushing it more than I needed to show the incredible shadow range this camera has:
And here's a 100% crop. If you notice the shadows have been pushed up by 4.5 stops in Aperture!
You just see a hint of noise. I must say that is quite remarkable.
PS: If you are wondering about the sharpness two things to keep in mind:
#1. I was manually focusing, relatively wide open (F4 for APS-C). The focus is slightly behind her. It still prints good.
#2. I have not applied any sharpening whatsoever to these crops, wanted to show specifically the DR.
#3. Remember that more DR is not always good. Sometimes you want to blow something out to dark or white for composition. You can work with a camera with less DR more to that effect. There's still no excuse for bad photos