Who do you trust? I trust my eyes. And so when I tested the Sony A7s the other day and found that I couldn’t see any dynamic range advantage over the A7r, that’s what I wrote. But, I was chastised by many because Sony claimed 15 stops of DR. Why the hell couldn’t Michael see it?
Now, two days later, DxO Labs has published their sensor test results for the A7s and indeed the A7s ranks almost a stop lower than the A7r. One may debate whether or not DxO and Sony use the same measurement criteria, but there’s no way to quibble about the fact that DxO has hundreds of self-consistent lab tests spanning years, regardless of the absolute numbers. I guess the eyes have it.
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