Originally posted by RyanW Amazing, but it's also an unrealistic scenario unless you set out to produce phart ala the one shot hdr "wonders" that I see out of the D8xx cameras on Flickr.
Most wedding pros aren't going to run into that scenario I'm guessing based on the author's statement "I repeat, this is not a real world example, it's simply testing the furthest reaches of the sensor."
I wouldn't say HDR wonders being the only reason why I'd bring up an image one or two stops (sure, 5 is a bit much, but I bet 2 stops is still comparatively in the favor of the Nikon).
I mean, the reason why I always wanted a k-5 was because it was supposed to have fantastic shadow performance - where you can expose to save the highlights and bring up the shadows in post. When you tried to do this on a Canon T3i/4i/5i, it would have horrible noise, DR, and colour. So basically this is the full frame version of that, no?
I can always capture a landscape in good light, sure. But sometimes that good light throws shadows in such a way where I can't always use a graduated ND filter to keep everything.