I agree that all cameras have their strengths and weaknesses - and all I was saying was that (to put it in the terms Shooter uses above) one of the AF100's weaknesses compared to some of the other (more expensive) cameras is its compressed dynamic range, and position on the scale.
These things make the camera a little less forgiving, and force you to pay VERY close attention to your lighting and exposure (which, of course, you should be doing anyway). My limited experience with the Sony F3 indicates it's a little more forgiving in this respect (due, one would surmise, to its wider dynamic range).
I think its one of the things that led to people griping about the picture quality of the AF100 early on; they didn't understand these traits, or how to best work within them (along with proper settings and getting the best out of scene file combinations of Detail/Gamma/Matrix).
These things make the camera a little less forgiving, and force you to pay VERY close attention to your lighting and exposure (which, of course, you should be doing anyway). My limited experience with the Sony F3 indicates it's a little more forgiving in this respect (due, one would surmise, to its wider dynamic range).
I think its one of the things that led to people griping about the picture quality of the AF100 early on; they didn't understand these traits, or how to best work within them (along with proper settings and getting the best out of scene file combinations of Detail/Gamma/Matrix).
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