[martind86]

No, we are not seeing just banding in shadows. What did the guy actually change in lightroom? He says he has done certain things, but now what, exactly.

And the stripes occur with a lot of light without pulling shadows silly amounts (no pulling at all) too, which is the point. That one sensor "blotches" more than another when pulling shadows 5 stops, i could indeed care a bit less than striping patterns from PD AF masking.

Well, I consider both about equal quirks. Pulling shadows is quite common in post process and the banding is more pronounced here in Canon sensor thank PD AF masking in Nikon mirorless. I consider both a flaw, though, like I said.