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Message: <blockquote data-quote="J-see" data-source="post: 486965" data-attributes="member: 31330">The "score" of DxO is based upon certain factors they deem important and ignores other aspects of lenses. Whether a lens has VR or not doesn't matter in their scoring system. Neither does price, weight or size.I ignore the overall score and look at the individual test data and compare that to other lenses. Even a score of sharpness is influenced by several factors. A zoom lens that has a less diverse focal length might score higher than one that has more range simply because the increased range might bring the average down while the overlapping ranges could be similar in quality. I check the data in the areas that are relevant to me for such a lens. I could care less how a wide performs when fully closed down since I will close to never use that.The focal lengths I will be using and the apertures I'll use most of the time are relevant when I decide which lens. The rest I ignore. Scores of distortion or vignetting also matter little to me since that can be solved in post. I also keep in mind that because software sees the difference in sharpness between an 18 and 19 scoring lens, I don't necessarily do. What I also did when checking DxO was check the lenses on a higher demanding cam, in my case the D810. I started doing that when I still had my D3300 and planned going FX. Even for the D750 I first checked the quality on the D610 (that was before the D750 data) and then checked their performance on the D810 to see if they would hold up.The overall score is a bit like a song leading the Top 10. It's not first because it is the best song and it's also not because it is the number one song, I have to like it.</blockquote>

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