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Strange Exposure Differences Between the Nikon D600 and Other DSLRs
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 94489" data-attributes="member: 9521"><p>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'">See </span><a href="http://www.petapixel.com/2012/12/06/strange-exposure-differences-between-the-nikon-d600-and-other-dslrs/#dWuAgYhgyuOpTJt4.99" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000">HERE</span></a></span><a href="http://www.petapixel.com/2012/12/06/strange-exposure-differences-between-the-nikon-d600-and-other-dslrs/" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.petapixel.com/2012/12/06/strange-exposure-differences-between-the-nikon-d600-and-other-dslrs/" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.petapixel.com/2012/12/06/strange-exposure-differences-between-the-nikon-d600-and-other-dslrs/" target="_blank">Strange Exposure Differences Between the Nikon D600 and Other DSLRs</a>[/h]<span style="color: #888888"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"></span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #888888"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'">Michael Zhang · Dec 06, 2012</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #888888"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #888888"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><br /> </span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #888888"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"></span></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><img src="http://files.petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2012/12/d600.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'">Gear reviewer Sohail Mamdani over at <a href="http://www.borrowlenses.com/" target="_blank">BorrowLenses</a> was testing the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009B0MZ8U/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B009B0MZ8U&linkCode=as2&tag=peta0c-20" target="_blank">Canon 6D</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0099XGZXA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0099XGZXA&linkCode=as2&tag=peta0c-20" target="_blank">Nikon D600</a> last week by shooting nighttime photos of San Francisco Bay, when he discovered something strange: the DSLRs exposed the scene differently even when all the settings were identical in full manual. The photograph above was captured using the D600 at f/8, 30s, and ISO 100 (in JPEG mode).</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'">Using the same exposure settings, this is the straight-out-of-camera JPEG the Canon 6D produced:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><img src="http://files.petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2012/12/6d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'">Mamdani found that the difference in exposure was about two stops. When he shot the same scene with the 6D set at f/4 (two stops faster), the resulting JPEG matched up with the D600′s shot.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'">At first Mamdani believed that the 6D was underexposing the scene, so he wrote a blog post over at the BorrowLenses blog titled “<a href="http://www.borrowlenses.com/blog/2012/12/is-the-canon-6d-under-exposing/" target="_blank">Is the Canon 6D Under-Exposing?</a>”</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'">However, he soon did some followup tests using a larger set of DSLRs: the Canon 6D, Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 5D Mark II, Nikon D800, and Nikon D600.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'">Here’s are some sample shots showing what the resulting JPEGs look like with all settings identical:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><img src="http://files.petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2012/12/comparison.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'">That over-exposed photograph was captured using the D600. The upper-left photo was shot using the D800, and the other 3 were shot using the Canons.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'">Mamdani notes that all optimization features offered by the cameras (e.g. D-Lighting, Auto Lighting Optimizer, Highlight Tone Priority) were turned off.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'">Mamdani is planning to do further tests to determine whether the Nikon D600 has an overexposure issue. You can follow along over <a href="http://www.borrowlenses.com/blog/2012/12/is-the-canon-6d-under-exposing/" target="_blank">in the blog post</a> as he updates it with new findings.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'">If you have both the D600 and a different DSLR, try shooting the same scene with identical settings on both cameras, and let us know what you find!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'">============================</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave_W, post: 94489, member: 9521"] [h=1][SIZE=2][FONT=Lucida Grande]See [/FONT][URL="http://www.petapixel.com/2012/12/06/strange-exposure-differences-between-the-nikon-d600-and-other-dslrs/#dWuAgYhgyuOpTJt4.99"][COLOR=#ff0000]HERE[/COLOR][/URL][/SIZE][URL="http://www.petapixel.com/2012/12/06/strange-exposure-differences-between-the-nikon-d600-and-other-dslrs/"] Strange Exposure Differences Between the Nikon D600 and Other DSLRs[/URL][/h][COLOR=#888888][FONT=Lucida Grande] [LIST] [*]Michael Zhang · Dec 06, 2012 [*] [*] [*] [/LIST][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Lucida Grande] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Lucida Grande][IMG]http://files.petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2012/12/d600.jpg[/IMG] Gear reviewer Sohail Mamdani over at [URL="http://www.borrowlenses.com/"]BorrowLenses[/URL] was testing the [URL="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009B0MZ8U/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B009B0MZ8U&linkCode=as2&tag=peta0c-20"]Canon 6D[/URL] and [URL="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0099XGZXA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0099XGZXA&linkCode=as2&tag=peta0c-20"]Nikon D600[/URL] last week by shooting nighttime photos of San Francisco Bay, when he discovered something strange: the DSLRs exposed the scene differently even when all the settings were identical in full manual. The photograph above was captured using the D600 at f/8, 30s, and ISO 100 (in JPEG mode). Using the same exposure settings, this is the straight-out-of-camera JPEG the Canon 6D produced: [IMG]http://files.petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2012/12/6d.jpg[/IMG] Mamdani found that the difference in exposure was about two stops. When he shot the same scene with the 6D set at f/4 (two stops faster), the resulting JPEG matched up with the D600′s shot. At first Mamdani believed that the 6D was underexposing the scene, so he wrote a blog post over at the BorrowLenses blog titled “[URL="http://www.borrowlenses.com/blog/2012/12/is-the-canon-6d-under-exposing/"]Is the Canon 6D Under-Exposing?[/URL]” However, he soon did some followup tests using a larger set of DSLRs: the Canon 6D, Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 5D Mark II, Nikon D800, and Nikon D600. Here’s are some sample shots showing what the resulting JPEGs look like with all settings identical: [IMG]http://files.petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2012/12/comparison.jpg[/IMG] That over-exposed photograph was captured using the D600. The upper-left photo was shot using the D800, and the other 3 were shot using the Canons. Mamdani notes that all optimization features offered by the cameras (e.g. D-Lighting, Auto Lighting Optimizer, Highlight Tone Priority) were turned off. Mamdani is planning to do further tests to determine whether the Nikon D600 has an overexposure issue. You can follow along over [URL="http://www.borrowlenses.com/blog/2012/12/is-the-canon-6d-under-exposing/"]in the blog post[/URL] as he updates it with new findings. If you have both the D600 and a different DSLR, try shooting the same scene with identical settings on both cameras, and let us know what you find! ============================ [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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