04-19-2012, 04:59 PM
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Sure, it's always possible to do without. One can take great shots with MF lenses only. If we extend this reasoning to pretty much everything else, nothing from the last 50 years would be really needed by anyone. After all, Photographers from the 50's were able to take great pics nevertheless.
The thing is when you *know* you can have something better, especially at a similar price, settling for less is simply annoying, unless it's for a good reason (eg. m4/3 for size or mirror-less preference).
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This is making a caricature of things. MF vs AF? Really?
Of course it is not like that. Even with a 10EV DR you can pull images 2 stops. A better comparison is for instance higher resolution. If for instance 18mp is fine for big prints, and a camera comes along that offers 24mp. Or a camera does great at ISO 12800, and a camera comes along that does great at an even higher ISO. Although the latter you actually will see in (all) images, high DR you will not.
Unless, again, you feel the need to pull up entire images or find shadows something resentful.
Your pulling instead of ND filter is a neat idea, but has a big downside though. In "dark" areas information is stored in a lot less dense way. There are less gradations. This will impact such images, regardless of how low read noise is. Just the way RAW data gets collected.
Sure, it's always possible to do without. One can take great shots with MF lenses only. If we extend this reasoning to pretty much everything else, nothing from the last 50 years would be really needed by anyone. After all, Photographers from the 50's were able to take great pics nevertheless.
The thing is when you *know* you can have something better, especially at a similar price, settling for less is simply annoying, unless it's for a good reason (eg. m4/3 for size or mirror-less preference).
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This is making a caricature of things. MF vs AF? Really?
Of course it is not like that. Even with a 10EV DR you can pull images 2 stops. A better comparison is for instance higher resolution. If for instance 18mp is fine for big prints, and a camera comes along that offers 24mp. Or a camera does great at ISO 12800, and a camera comes along that does great at an even higher ISO. Although the latter you actually will see in (all) images, high DR you will not.
Unless, again, you feel the need to pull up entire images or find shadows something resentful.
Your pulling instead of ND filter is a neat idea, but has a big downside though. In "dark" areas information is stored in a lot less dense way. There are less gradations. This will impact such images, regardless of how low read noise is. Just the way RAW data gets collected.