(10-02-2018, 12:41 PM)JJ_SO Wrote: It's black border around a super bright picture, that has to my eyes the same effect - it's like kind of ghosting overlay.
Actually I'm even more disgusted by the PDAF wiring stripping in the Sony (potentionally Nikon Z, too) mirrorless:
https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/6974141509/DSC00087.acr_crop.jpeg - look at her face and hair
This is something than cannot be easily fixed in the postprocess, at least with ACR I'm using. True, this stripping may not be encountered frequently but there is relatively high probability of its occurence if you use some kind of backlight. Which is not a rare case among portrait photographers. I do think this is a kind of serious issue because photography IS about light, isn' t it?
And the banding in pulled shadow just spoils the great dynamic range you can work with.
@Brightcolors: "I prefer not pulling shadows many stops, I find pulling shadows many stops a very odd fad." - why do you say that? I think when used creatively, it can save you the weight of external lights! When I'm at home, I will attach some pics of mine with heavily pulled shadows that wouldn' t be possible to make with a limited dynamic range of the sensor. And I'm simply so happy I do not have to work with flashes so often...