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Monday, April 15, 2013

D7100 DxOMark is Out, Scores Higher than the K-5IIs

http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Publications/DxOMark-Reviews/Nikon-D7100-review-Update-to-popular-DSLR-drops-anti-alias-filter-for-sharper-images/Comparisons



So, the D7100 scores better than the K-5IIs but the D7100 is in 24MP instead of the low 16MP count by today's standard. Besides, it does not have an AA filter in front of the sensor either.

Btw, is the D7100 gonna to be better than FF then, see what Ken Rockwell has tested and found himself, very recently:-

http://kenrockwell.com/nikon/comparisons/2013-04-09-dslrs/index.htm
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Ogun Caglayan Turkay · 624 weeks ago

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RiceHigh 110p · 624 weeks ago

Both D7100 and D5200 scores higher than the Canon current flagship 1Dx, so?
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Ogun Caglayan Turkay · 624 weeks ago

Yeah but 1Dx is a FF body. I just tried to show that strange mentality on APS-C section.
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Just a reader · 624 weeks ago

The physics and the technical part of the Dxomark scores really are beyond me. So may I ask.... Does the normalisation approach used by Dxomark favour sensors with higher pixel count if the sensors being compared have similar other characteristics? How useful it is to use the Dxomark scores to compare 2 cameras with different pixel counts?
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Heiko · 622 weeks ago

Right on!

Furthermore: the unit chosen by dxo in terms of colour depth is "bit". Now for anybody that has read like 2 introductory pages of any computer science book might now get stuck at the same problem that I just did:

A "bit" is either '0' or '1' -- nothing in-between as by its own definition. So how can they claim: " 23-[i]point-something[/i] " - bit and/or " 24-[i]point-something[/i] " - bit of resolution is a little beyond me, as well.

Whatever: even i I just play along in the most-naive way possible: what's the big deal: nearly identical performance for either the Pentax and the Nikon APS-C flagship-bodies... ...as it rightfully should be.
The important thing should be: lenses and accessories availability in the [i]system[/i] plus: ergonomics. For me when chosing my camera a few years ago, ergonomics were key! That's really the most important reason why I chose a Pentax (apart from weather sealing / build quality and availabiltiy of high-quality dedicated(!) and light (as in less weight) aps-c lenses). Does Nikon make any useful prime-lenses for aps-c other than that nifty-fifty replacement (35mm/1.8-DX)? Not that I know of, at least. Canon? Same story. Sony? a 35mm/1.8 seems as much as they can muster, right now.

Pentax' modern niche is a small, light-weight, high-quality, ergonomically well-executed SLR-system. A 135-frame body would be welcome for legacy users - no doubt about that. But my hope still is that they won't cannibalize their promising APS-C - system just to please those who essentially won't make them any significant "new" money (since they already own everything they need in [i]legacy-[/i]glass.
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Joejoe · 624 weeks ago

DR stills better on k-5 indeed
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pjalves · 624 weeks ago

1% better? With less Dynamic Range? Please...
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badsykes · 624 weeks ago

Long life APS-C without low pass filter...
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dave · 624 weeks ago

so we are expecting a new Pentax APC 24 MP that can strike the D7100 with 85 in DxO Mark :-)
A Pentax FF with 96 is also fine :-)
I read a comparison between D7100 and D600, no big differences really. The D600 just provides little better ISO results and bokeh. For me only the D800 is a worthy upgrade over my K5, but because of its weight i am not considering it an option
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OGL · 624 weeks ago

the difference is negligible
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daedbird · 624 weeks ago

I think the real headline should be that once again, the 16mp sensor shows how strong it is against the crop of 24mp sensors out there. The first round of 24mp sensors could not compare to the 16, and now this shows the photos are negligible.
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daedbird · 624 weeks ago

"When it comes to performance on DxOMark tests, however, the Nikon D7100 scored essentially the same as the two Pentax models."

I guess we should all read what DXO writes first.
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Daz · 624 weeks ago

I much prefer to use my eyes when comparing image quality
http://ranfog.co.uk/index.php/D7100VsIIs
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badsykes · 624 weeks ago

Makes me upgrade the K5 to K5IIs..This way i have a near FF quality at a nice price and weight ...
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Daz · 624 weeks ago

I absolutely love my IIs, its a fantastic thing and the IQ constantly blows me away, that's after months or ownership :O)
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yeez · 624 weeks ago

Ricehigh does not really care. He needs for his great photographic ideas a body, which makes his great photos better. :).
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Michael A. · 624 weeks ago

Nikon should include a 4TB hard drive for those 24MP files when this close to a 16MP of K-5 IIs...
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me2 · 624 weeks ago

The K5 is still a very good camera. 1 point is in the noise. So a 3 year old camera compared to a 3 month old camera and the new one can't manage a margin more than a point? And it still does not match in Dynamic Range. The 16MP sensor is just fine for my work. I don't need to chase technology any time soon.

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