Wednesday, June 23, 2010
DxOMark Introduces Lens Testing and Scoring: Cue "My Lens is Better Than Your Lens" Internet Arguments
Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Articles & Resources" @ 07:56 AM
I have just been informed that the DxOMark site is now doing lens and sensor tests as well. This means you can see how well a lens does on a particular camera. Here's a partial screenshot of how it looks when set to rank at "Peak Score":
While the lens tests has some good bits of information in there, I am not liking how DxO decides to give a "Peak Score" and then rank lenses according to that score. DxO's definition of "Peak Score" is the best possible rating a lens has at a certain focus distance, aperture (and for zooms) zoom setting. The number is derived from a number of tests that include resolution, chromatic aberration, distortion, and so on.
