Quote:All I wrote is valid, and you were the one shoving it aside to begin with.
What is not personal, and what indeed is fact, is that my 6D gives me no AF headaches. And no OVF MF headaches even (except with my Tamron SP 500mm f8). That you have had bad AF with your former choices does not mean that the current Canon DSLRs are similar in that respect.
Again about that DR nonsense: A normal tonal curve has about 7 to 8 stops of DR. More contrasty images less. That does mean that 12 stops of DR gives a crazy amount of headroom already, and moaning about that that is less than whichever camera with Sony Exmor sensor is just nerd talk. Especially odd when someone uses Auto ISO of all things (since the DR figures mentioned always are about base ISO).
You may have no AF problem and that's great. But that's not everyone's case, far from it. I'm personally not much of a gambler, especially when it comes to expensive bodies and lenses.
Please answer this question: how come a product like Reikan FoCal is used by many people owning Canon gear if there is no such thing as AF inacurracy? <a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.reikan.co.uk/focalweb/" title="External link">http://www.reikan.co.uk/focalweb/</a>
Why is it so difficult for you to admit and see the truth for what it is?
People were happily shooting with comparatively low quality sensors 10 years ago while still producing great work. Of course, it doesn't mean that because your sensor has inferior DR that your shot will be crap.
I just like to have more DR to start with. The final image will have reduced DR due to the contrast curve, but having more DR to start with allow for you to capture more and then decide how you apply your curve and on what part of the image. Exactly the reason why we use ND filters. Assuming you had a camera with 50 stops of DR. ND filters wouldn't be needed for instance. A sensor with better DR gives you more flexbility. I don't see what's so hard to understand.
A good auto ISO implementation will actually do a better job at selecting the lowest possible ISO than a human operator in fast changing conditions. If you have all the time in the world, then yes manual ISO is totally fine.
Again, why do you always attempt to deny the obvious?