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Handicapped sensors are only used by Sigma these days (low DR).

 

Nightshots need 14 stops of DR? Maybe if you want to see the detail of the filament of lights, or the whiskers of the cat hiding under that Mercedes 190... 

 

Snowlandscapes 14 stop? No, not that I have noticed. Deserts? I wonder what would make them such dynamic scenes. And I wonder how all those desert movies and photos have been taken in the film days. Beach scenes? My beach scenes fit well within 8 stops, and yes on sunny days. Sunsets? I have shot those in JPEG with good results. And I guess you mean backlight instead of frontlight.

 

Here a 2005 (EOS 350D JPEG) example just to show that claims about high DR in scenes usually is just nonsense:



 

Yeah I know, that sun is blown out, isn't it!  :lol:

 

Of course, if one wants to lift shadows 4 stops whenever there are shadows, one will see less noise with a Sony sensor than with my 6D. No doubt about that. But why someone thinks it is a good idea to lift shadows 4 stops... puzzles me.

 

Another example, here is one of those silhouette scenes, the standard tonal curve OOC image, exposed for the silhouette idea:

 

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If one wants to be silly and lift those shadows 3 stops?

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There is more than enough room in 12 stops of DR anyway.

Oh and I forgot, that was an ISO 400 image, I believe.

The Nikon D5 is a great pro tool and can handle snow landscapes, sunsets, night scapes and so on too. And all these things were being photographed on film too, and all these things get photographed nowadays at higher than base ISO ISO settings too.

 

Still have to see a 14 stops of DR image that shows you need 14 stops of DR from you?