How to Use DxOMark: Lens Sharpness & Sensor Quality

TABLE OF CONTENTS BELOW

DxOMark can tell you how much noise pictures will have and how sharp lenses will be before you pay anything, and they're far more trustworthy than journalists, people in forums, or YouTubers.

The data is intense and confusing, however, so I'll show you which info is useful, how to interpret it, and which you can ignore. If you're skeptical about DxOMark, I'll show you exactly how to prove them wrong.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1:30 Browsing DxOMark.com
6:45 Sensors (not cameras)
7:15 Overall Score
7:59 Portrait (Color Depth)
9:54 Landscape (Dynamic Range)
11:24 Sports (ISO)
14:30 ISO Sensitivity Measurement
16:50 SNR 18% (3db = 1 stop)
24:08 Landscape (Dynamic Range) Details
28:09 Portrait (Color Depth) Details
29:57 Lenses
31:25 Sharpness (P-Mpix)
35:09 Distortion
38:59 DxOMark Score Map
40:35 Finding the Sweet Spot
45:16 Vignetting Measurements
46:04 Chromatic Aberration Measurements
46:47 How DxOMark Should Change
50:54 Prove DxOMark Wrong
55:15 Summary

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