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Unfortunately this is typical of Canon interviews - lots of safe and evasive corporate double-speak with a very low signal-to-noise ratio. I've seen clearer answers given in the spin room after a...

I've never used the tool but a google search reveals that it's a relative rather than absolute measurement: http://www.reikan.co.uk/focalweb/index.php/faqs/quality-focus-number-dropped-focal-1-9/

There have always been tradeoffs in optical design. Designing for 'clinical' sharpness is nothing new - the Contax G45 f/2 is one of the sharpest lenses ever created and has rather harsh OOF ...

The improvements to read noise (which translates to High ISO DR) are much more modest below ISO 25k. D5's High ISO DR will be better than D800/D810 due to pixel size+count.

Plus Nikon is large customer of Sony's Semiconductor Solutions company.

The issue is that recent High ISO improvements have been almost exclusively in read noise at Ultra High ISO levels (ISO 25k+), which results in noticeably less shadow noise but the total noise ...

The need for AFMA exists on all PDAF implementations, including on-sensor PDAF implementations such as the A7rII even operating without an external adapter like the LA-EA2/4. This is because the ...

Jim, in my testing of PDAF on Canikon bodies I found that a Siemens star doesn't yield the best AF results esp when it comes to precision (although your test shows precision to be very good with ...

@Tonkotsu, how does the DL's wider lens make the camera not-too-large anymore vs the LX100?

"The Panasonic LX100 was really the only choice, but it's considerably larger than what I was looking for...Then, lo and behold, Nikon came running into the market with three new 1" cameras (known...

Yep,  no crop. Be prepared to try many copies if you decide to go for an exchange instead of a refund.

I wonder if the black bears at Yosemite get together once a year to watch a herd of humans mate with strange, three-legged birds with very large beaks.

I think it's being driven by prosumer demand. Many times the marketing department wins out over the engineering department.

The best mirrorless (ML) AF systems (Olympus, Panasonic) have near 100% precision (shot-to-shot consistency) - the best DSLRs do not.  ML systems with only contrast-defect AF don't require AF ...

I've had my hands on a total of about 10 copies, 5 of which I had bought myself, and all but one had the moderate-to-severe tilted/decentering that yours exhibits. I actually lucked into the good ...

@dcshooter, Huawei can't compete when it comes to spyware:

https://theintercept.com/2015/02/19/great-sim-heist/

and...

It's all based on product release cycles/schedules. Nikon's booth at CES this year (January) was always packed (D5/D500) while Canon's was a ghost town. Not surprised Canon's would be packed at CP+...

Or you live in the USA rather than China.

Very savvy move on Huawei. They make great phones but many don't know they exist. Attaching their brand to Leica gives them instant name recognition without having to spend millions of dollars in...