Our camera lab tests are a mainstay of CineD and one of the things many of you keep coming back: standardized testing for dynamic range, latitude and rolling shutter results of camera sensors. Youtuber Gerald Undone has also made a name for himself testing cameras, so we invited him for a (long!) discussion to talk about the why & how of camera testing. Many years ago, we have started testing dynamic range in cameras in a standardized way using a XYLA 21-step chart, IMATEST software, and a standardized studio setup to guarantee consistent and dependable results. We have established the same for latitude tests and rolling shutter tests, and have been publishing these results in the Lab Test section for many years. (In case you want to know how the tests are performed exactly, I can recommend this article from 2018). Why standardised camera sensor tests matter Cameras have become significantly better particularly over the past few years, and the claims by manufacturers have become more bombastic at the same time: There’s hardly a manufacturer who claims that their new camera has less than 15 stops of dynamic range. And because readers have just as many doubts about those claims as we do, our lab tests have become one of the most important features of the site, because they finally make the comparisons between the cameras possible, by normalising the results of the tests. Detailed camera tech reviews by CineD & Gerald Undone Gerald Undone during the CineD Lab Test...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 5 August, 2022