Sony Tricked You: The Sony A7V Does Not Match the Fujifilm GFX100II in Dynamic Range – UPDATED

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The Sony Trick

UPDATES: Bill Claff made an error an apologised. Here are the true results and findings

Original Article:

Photons to Photos has published their dynamic range measurements for the Sony A7V.

As soon as the chart dropped, several Fujifilm GFX shooters in our group started wondering: is it time to ditch the GFX100 series and move to Sony?

Why the sudden doubt?

Because at low ISO values, the Sony A7V appears to match the Fujifilm GFX100II in dynamic range — at least according to the Photons to Photos graph here.

But there’s a trick. 😉

As Bill Claff (the mind behind Photons to Photos) explained over on DPReview here:

Note the triangles point down which indicated Noise Reduction (NR) baked into the raw files.

Also note, no Dual Conversion Gain (DCG) was detected.

Noise Reduction (NR) makes comparisons less reliable. Unfortunately it’s hard to gauge how much of an impact NR has on the results. Note there’s even stronger NR at the very high ISO settings.

That’s why the GFX100II shows simple dots, while the Sony A7V shows downward arrows: those arrows are a warning that NR is being applied to Sony’s RAW data — meaning the “true,” NR-free performance would be worse.

The real question now becomes: how strong is Sony’s NR, and how would the A7V fare against a GFX100II if both had the same amount of noise reduction?

Also a pity there is no dual gain conversion on the Sony A7V, because that helps to improve ISO performance at higher ISO. All modern (and even older) Fujifilm cameras have dual gain. This explains why the GFX100II jumps ahead to the Sony A7V at some point – even if the Sony is agressive with noise reduction – because dual gain kicks in on the GFX100II.

UPDATE: Bill Claff says “There will be ES results shortly at PhotonsToPhotos.net. And it does look like there’s High Conversion Gain (HCG) at ISO 1000 that is obscured by the NR with Mechanical shutter.”

The Fuji Trick

And because here on FujiRumors we take pride in being 100% honest and bias-free, let’s remember something before anyone starts yelling “SONY IS CHEATING!”

Fujifilm has played its own tricks, too.

With the Fujifilm X-Pro3, Fujifilm used a different method to make the camera appear to have better dynamic range than it actually did. And yes — we called it out immediately when the results came out.

So… hopefully this little reminder will help prevent the incoming sh*tstorm from Sony fanboys in the comments. 😉

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The Spectacular Fujinon GF32-64mmF4 is Now $500 Off plus New Unofficial XF Lens Deals

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The Unofficial Fujifilm XF Lens Deal

Earlier today we reported that mainly BHphoto (but in some cases also Amazon and Adorama) offer unofficial Fujifilm deals.

Unofficial because they are not part of the official Fujiilm X deals (full list below), and hence we don’t know how long they will last.

The New Official GF Lens Deal

Fujifilm just added the spectacular Fujinon GF32-64mm F4 lens to the list of their officially rebate GF lenses.

And I don’t call the GF32-64mm “spectacular” just randomly.

I actually own it, took tons of images with it, and it’s out of this world in terms of image quality and flexibility.

For example, it was the only lens I used on my multi-day Dolomites hiking trip… and you can also see me in action with it on this Dolomite video.

And guess what? After I published an image I took with it, the SonyAlphaRumors guy wrote me asking how I edited the colors in that image, because he loved them so much. It was an easy answer, as I just said “I did not edit at all… it’s Astia out of the box“. I guess that’s something hard to comprehend if you are not a Fujifilm shooter ;).

Official GFX Gear Deals

* freebies at BHphoto include a free CFexpress Type B Card and a camera bag

XF Lens and X Camera Deals

Unofficial XF Lens Deals

Official XF Lens Deals

Official X Camera Deals

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Surprise Fujinon XF Lens Deals at B&H Photo – Save Up to $750

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There are some XF lens deals running at B&H Photo only. While only BH has all these “non-official” deals, some are offered also at Amazon and at Adorama (but only BH has them all).

These deals are not listed as official deals by Fujifilm so I don’t know how long they will run. Below is the list:

Official X Lens Deals

Official X Camera Deals

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Viltrox WCL/TCL-X100VI Available Now with 10% Discount Thanks to Our Discount Code

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Viltrox has officially released the new WCL-X100VI and TCL-X100VI conversion lenses for Fujifilm X100 cameras.

To celebrate the launch, Viltrox is offering a 5% introductory discount.
And if you enter our exclusive coupon code FUJIRUMORS at checkout at the Viltrox Store, you’ll save an additional 5% on top of that.

Important: The launch discount expires in 5 days. After that, only the 5% FUJIRUMORS coupon will remain available—so if you want the best deal, now’s the time.

The Viltrox conversion lenses won’t be the first third party alternatives to the original Fujifilm WCL-X100 II and TCL-X100 II.

Below you can see all the already available alternatives:

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