xf100/300 dr in stops? Anyone with a greyscale chart?

[J Davis]

Would absolutely love it if someone posted the dynamic range in stops for the xf100 and xf300
I've been searching the net everywhere. I even downloaded the bbc whitepaper but no luck.

 

[cowpunk52]

Here is an extensive white paper from Alfonso Parra, AEC. It finds the DR of the XF305 to be 9.3 captured stops, with a usable range of 7.77 - which is at least on par with the EX3 if not ever so slightly better.

Here is the English version of his paper on the XF305
http://alfonsoparra-development.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/docx/file/141/_xf305_test.pdf

And for comparison, here is his paper on the EX3
http://alfonsoparra-development.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/docx/file/142/sony_ex3_testev.pdf

 

[cowpunk52]

I haven't see such a test of the xf100/105 series, but i would expect the usable dynamic range to be slightly lower since it is a little noisier than the 300/305 series.

 

[J Davis]

Good find! Cheers Brian