D200 Banding Rant
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:19 pmHere we go, rant time - I knew that I'd eventually get this and it seems to pop up pretty routinely these days.
Any shot over ISO 250 and blown highlights or deliberate high key effect induces banding around the highlight.
My D200 was brought in June (Jap grey import) and my friends D200 in June (Maxwell stock) - his does the same (and told by Maxwell thats its acceptable and "in-spec". All D200's short band apparantly and it cannot be fixed
An example - straight RAW file to JPG conversion
The Full image:
The banding: (100%)
Is this acceptable and in-spec? I hope not, considering no other DSLR I've ever used (D50, D70s, 30D, 5D) does this with blown/highkey shots
Thoughts or opinions. Am I been too picky with a $2100 camera?
Any shot over ISO 250 and blown highlights or deliberate high key effect induces banding around the highlight.
My D200 was brought in June (Jap grey import) and my friends D200 in June (Maxwell stock) - his does the same (and told by Maxwell thats its acceptable and "in-spec". All D200's short band apparantly and it cannot be fixed
An example - straight RAW file to JPG conversion
The Full image:
The banding: (100%)
Is this acceptable and in-spec? I hope not, considering no other DSLR I've ever used (D50, D70s, 30D, 5D) does this with blown/highkey shots
Thoughts or opinions. Am I been too picky with a $2100 camera?