Luminous Landscape: Everything Matters.
“DO NOT rely on engineering specs and marketing claims. Test a product and look at the final results. Sensors with exactly the same DxO dynamic range measurements can produce completely different visual dynamic range results, lenses with exactly the same resolution specs can look very different in terms of sharpness, and so on. Your eyes and brain should be the ultimate judge, not some numbers on a piece of paper.” I received similar advice from a local pro photographer nearly a decade ago. I was complaining that I had just purchased the latest camera, and I just couldn’t make good photos with it, in spite of all the great specs. “I don’t like the feel of the thing, it doesn’t work in predictable ways.” He said: “Your relationship with your camera is essential. If it’s not working for you, get rid of it. Sell it. Get another.” Seems simple, but it didn’t seem so at the time - product reviews of ‘best’ cameras tend to make us blind to very real limitations.
