February 6, 2005
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SEVEN WAY DIGICAM COMPARISON
I took seven of the most popular digital cameras and tested them for Dynamic Range and skin tones. In the dynamic range test, I spotmetered a gray card and came up with a reading of about 180/sec at f5.6 in the face area. Putting the model’s face in the shade and her textured white sweater in the sun (ouch!) I then ran all of the digital cameras within seconds shooting. In this test we are checking for blown-out highlights.
See for yourself the results. The EXIF data is present on the files, so users of Adobe Photoshop can open the files in filebrowser and read the settings that were used. I think this will be of interest.
For the flesh tone test, I had the model hold the gray card AND Macbeth and then neutral balanced the image to the grey card. Once I held the neutrals in, I wanted to see how accurate (or pleasing) the flesh tones would be in windowlight (I shot into an open door) with tungsten in the background…. click here to see the tests!
