Canon and Fujifilm both have excellent reputation, when it comes to color science.
Now Andrew compared Fujifilm with Canon RAW as well as JPEG colors.
What we can say ahead:
with RAW files, it’s harder for people to have a clear preference
with JPEG files, the differences are stronger
The JPEG comparison is more indicative for the so called “color science“, since with RAW files also the converter plays a role.
So, if you don’t have time right now to make the full blind test, I recommend you to go to minute 5:37 of the video and make the JPEG comparison only.
Before I disclose my results, I’d like to say that:
I consider Canon colors excellent, and if I should switch brand tomorrow morning , just for the sake of colors, I’d go Canon!
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The Problem
Since I love you so much, in order to give you a more objective feedback, I went through all the comments on the video, and tried to sum them up in a ranking.
It was not easy to summarize, because:
sometimes people did not specify enough (example: “Canon is best”)
In case of comments like “Canon is best“, I assigned a JPEG point to Canon, although I am not sure those, who made such comments, really made the test
In case of Fujifilm, sometimes people did not specify if Classic Chrome or Provia. In which case, I assumed they mean standard Provia
In case of close results (just 1 or 2 points of difference), I gave it a “same same”
Overall, reading the comments, I had the impression that those, who said to be Fujifilm shooters, had a very open minded and honest approach to the test. Bravo!
The brand new Fujinon XF16-80 takes the first spot. It’s apparently a best seller, since Top Manager Toshihisa Iida said at the recent Fujifilm X Summit, that pre-orders are high, and the factory is working hard to try to match initial demand as fast as possible.
Well, it seems there is hope, since at thisistanaka said on twitter here:
16mmF1.4, 30mmF1.4, and 56mmF1.4 have already been released for SONY and OLYMPUS, but they are tailored to EF-S mounts. The rest is Fuji’s XF mount, but this seems to be difficult due to various circumstances. In any case, I was curious that SIGMA started working on Canon’s mirrorless camera lens.
It’s not clear if this really means they will 100% surely release X mount lenses. But surely we hope for it, although Fujifilm clearly said:
