Duke M.
Veteran
Accurate tests are the basis for good analysis. Now its time to look at things a little closer. (Further analysis will be possible once we have the data for the settings.) More important to me is what it means to my F3.
The first thing I noticed was the dynamic range graph. Its not in any kind of order, which made me look up and down, and side to side to try to take it all in. I took a little time to reorganize it so I could make sense of the data. (This is entirely SCCE data and completely belongs to them. Small uses of copyright material is permissible for education purposes.)
The first thing I noticed is that there are three distinct groups of cameras. The 14 stop cameras like the Alexa and film.
These are followed by the ~11 stop cameras including the Red MX, F3, F35, etc. This is the test where the DSLR's looked to shine. (More about that later.)
Finally, were the ~10 stop cameras. Ten stops still isn't bad and there are some very expensive cameras here.
The problem then was that the DR tests aren't the only thing to look at for real world results. Further testing showed the film handled highlights well (as did the Alexa) while the digital cameras mostly did well with the blacks, so where the DR fell on the charts became important, especially for highlights. But again the chart for under and over exposure wasn't organized to make it clear to me when the highlights were most important for digital cameras.
Here you can easily see that the majority of the digital cameras were between 4 and 5 stops on the high end. The 7D was surprisingly better than the other DSLRs for highlights.
Then there were the side by side real life over exposure tests. As expected the Alexa and film did the best. The F3 looked worse than expected here and I think we need a little more analysis of the exposure.
The F3 looks over blown, but look a little closer. The near/dark side of the table, along with the shadow under the table, are much lighter on the F3. At the same time the orange pillow and the orange in the hand have less highlights.
My initial thoughts were to under expose by a half stop or a stop. Now my thoughts are:
a) Expose for the highlights, not the middle tones. Bring the middle tones up in post if needed.
b) The orange is being handled differently. The matrix may need to be tweaked for color handling.
c) The gamma settings are going to make a lot of difference in the highlight handling. Therefore, picture profiles are going to be important.
Of course the other episodes will tell us more about resolution and other factors. I can't wait to buy a blu-ray of this. I encourage others to do the same.
Did any one else draw any conclusions?
The first thing I noticed was the dynamic range graph. Its not in any kind of order, which made me look up and down, and side to side to try to take it all in. I took a little time to reorganize it so I could make sense of the data. (This is entirely SCCE data and completely belongs to them. Small uses of copyright material is permissible for education purposes.)
The first thing I noticed is that there are three distinct groups of cameras. The 14 stop cameras like the Alexa and film.
These are followed by the ~11 stop cameras including the Red MX, F3, F35, etc. This is the test where the DSLR's looked to shine. (More about that later.)
Finally, were the ~10 stop cameras. Ten stops still isn't bad and there are some very expensive cameras here.
The problem then was that the DR tests aren't the only thing to look at for real world results. Further testing showed the film handled highlights well (as did the Alexa) while the digital cameras mostly did well with the blacks, so where the DR fell on the charts became important, especially for highlights. But again the chart for under and over exposure wasn't organized to make it clear to me when the highlights were most important for digital cameras.
Here you can easily see that the majority of the digital cameras were between 4 and 5 stops on the high end. The 7D was surprisingly better than the other DSLRs for highlights.
Then there were the side by side real life over exposure tests. As expected the Alexa and film did the best. The F3 looked worse than expected here and I think we need a little more analysis of the exposure.
The F3 looks over blown, but look a little closer. The near/dark side of the table, along with the shadow under the table, are much lighter on the F3. At the same time the orange pillow and the orange in the hand have less highlights.
My initial thoughts were to under expose by a half stop or a stop. Now my thoughts are:
a) Expose for the highlights, not the middle tones. Bring the middle tones up in post if needed.
b) The orange is being handled differently. The matrix may need to be tweaked for color handling.
c) The gamma settings are going to make a lot of difference in the highlight handling. Therefore, picture profiles are going to be important.
Of course the other episodes will tell us more about resolution and other factors. I can't wait to buy a blu-ray of this. I encourage others to do the same.
Did any one else draw any conclusions?
