DxO Mark: 7D vs D300s

[Desmond Chan]

If that means anything to you:

http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/eng/Image-Quality-Database/Compare-cameras/%28appareil1%29/329|0/%28appareil2%29/336|0/%28onglet%29/0/%28brand%29/Canon/%28brand2%29/Nikon

Here's together with the D300:

http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/eng/Image-Quality-Database/Compare-cameras/%28appareil1%29/329|0/%28appareil2%29/336|0/%28appareil3%29/295|0/%28onglet%29/0/%28brand%29/Canon/%28brand2%29/Nikon/%28brand3%29/Nikon

[James Shadle]

Thanks!
What a cool resource.
James

[Tony Whitehead]

Interesting link. Thanks, Desmond. Seems no significant reason upgrade D300 to s unless you need video.

[Jeff Donald]

From the DxOMark Beta website:

DxOMark Sensor measures only the RAW image quality of a digital camera; therefore, DxOMark Sensor is NOT an evaluation of overall camera image quality or performance.

[Desmond Chan]

From the DxOMark Beta website:

DxOMark Sensor measures only the RAW image quality of a digital camera; therefore, DxOMark Sensor is NOT an evaluation of overall camera image quality or performance.

Thanks for pointing it out. A lot of people seems to be not aware of that. And we all knew that just because your car may happen to have the best engine in the world does not mean that you can go and win a race, did we not?

[David Stephens]

This shows relatively close performance and is basically putting all these cameras in the same order of excellence. You shouldn't make a buying decision based on this. Decide between Nikon and Canon based on feel and ease of use for your, or other reasons. This database, good as it is, merely gives a range of camera performance. Once you decide on a brand, then look at actual processed images, using the software that you plan to use.

If you compare the 5D MkII and the 7D at the DxOMark you see a pretty large difference. Post processing, in my experience, the difference narrows considerably, whether I use DPP or DxO's own Optics Pro 6.1.

Dave