I received the following question: What are some good tests to do when receiving a new camera body? I just want to make sure it’s a good copy before my return date expires. I’d not thought much about that. I do days of testing when I get a new camera, but that testing is related… [Read More]
Roles of camera and raw developer in determining color
In the middle of a long discussion of the differences between the color information in raw files from the Sony a7RIII and a7RIV and whether there was a possibility of a firmware change (I said not, the person with whom I was conversing said yes) there was this statement: i think when people like me… [Read More]
a7RIV vs GFX 100 landscape IQ with GigaPixel AI — part 2
In the last post, I upsampled files from the Fujifilm 110 mm f/2 on the GFX 100 and the Zeiss Otus 85 mm f/1.4 on the a7RIV, using Topaz GigaPixel AI, with surprising results. I had concerns about possible under-the-hood sharpening differences with Lightroom, and also with Lightroom’s export resizing, so I decided to process… [Read More]
Sony a7RIV vs Fuji GFX 100 landscape IQ with GigaPixel AI
In the previous post, I looked at landscape images from the Fujifilm 110 mm f/2 on the GFX 100 and the Zeiss Otus 85 mm f/1.4 on the a7RIV. The crops were magnified to about 200% using Lightroom’s export feature. The Fuji images looked much better, even at f/11 on the Fuji lens and f/8… [Read More]
Sony a7RIV vs Fuji GFX 100 landscape IQ
DPR recently declared the a7RIV the best landscape camera. They didn’t consider the GFX 100. I’ve done some tests of the two cameras, with the Fuji coming out on top in image quality. Today, I did a comparison of the two cameras aimed particularly at landscape use. I used very sharp lenses: the Fujifilm 100… [Read More]