Yesterday I posted about the Nikon Z6 and Z7 fake ISOs. This is a post for those who are skeptical that the camera really works that way. Here’s how to demonstrate that the ISO’s below base ISO are fake for raw files. Put your camera on a tripod. Point it at something that isn’t going… [Read More]
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Nikon Z6/Z7 Fake ISOs
I haven’t posted much about the Nikon Z6 and Z7’s behavior when creating raw files when the in camera ISO setting is below the base ISO (100 for the Z6 and 64 for the Z7). That’s because it works like all the modern Nikon DSLRs I’ve tested (the D810, D850, D4, and D5), so I… [Read More]
On the thinness on the ground of accidental PDAF banding
It has been remarked that there aren’t a lot of images sloshing around the ‘net that show PDAF banding which were created in situations not involving camera testing. Why is that? Several things would all have to come together: A high-DR scene with sufficient lighting intensity to expose at near base ISO. Right off the bat that… [Read More]
Violins and cameras revisited
I mentioned the violin proverb If you buy a violin, you own a violin; if you buy a camera, you are a photographer. to a violinist on the DPR MF forum, and attributed it to a friend who is both a musician and a photographer. I thought that what the violinist wrote back was dead… [Read More]
Nikon Z7 PDAF banding FAQs
The purpose of this post is to answer a set of questions that have come up about the Nikon Z7 PDAF banding issue. First off, let me say that this set of artifacts is by no means a crippling flaw in the camera. In fact, I think that almost all photographers, almost all the time,… [Read More]
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