Originally posted by Rupert All of a sudden DR range is less important....to Canon and Nikon shooters....isn't that amazing?
Nikon shooters have the D7000 which is virtually the same DR as the K5.
DR might become less important to some Pentaxians when the next generation of FF sensors hits too.
I'm no expert, are all of these shoot 5 ev stops underexposed and slide exposure examples actually showing DR? I thought DR was the difference between the darkest and the lightest thing displayed in a photo at one ev level. The amount you can push the K5 and D7000 files is pretty cool and handy. Definitely better than the 5D which bands when pushed.
In the Flickr example of the K5 vs 5d,
Pentax K5 vs Canon 5D II - Collage 03 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! I see no difference in DR in the properly exposed shot for both camera. I see better resolution on the part of the 5D and colors I prefer on the K5, but DR seems a tossup.
So I guess my point is this if a camera offers better DR shouldn't a photo look different out of the camera with no exposure tweaking than a camera with less DR as is the case of the K5 vs 5D according to DxO. Or is it a matter of DR is good, but it takes a greater amount of DR difference between cameras before we readily see it in images straight out of the camera. I can tell the difference between film and digital easily, whereas the top digital DR capable vs a lesser DR capable digital doesn't seem that much.
Am I alone in thinking this?