Wednesday, 16 September 2015

Are Nikon DSLR sensors actually better than Canon's?


I've been a happy Canon user for a while. When I was doing my initial research on what brand to buy several years ago, I came to the conclusion that both Nikon and Canon are equally good (which I think is mostly true too).


However, I spent some time on DxOMark and noticed that the overall score (and also the portrait, landscape and low-light ISO scores individually) have been significantly higher for Nikon cameras than Canon ones after 2010. This plot illustrates the difference (I edited the screenshots so that Nikon points are red and Canon ones are blue):


Compare plot


Does it mean that as of now, it's better to buy Nikon SLRs than Canon? Or are these scores not trustworthy enough? Thoughts?



PS: I don't intend to start another Canon-Nikon fanboy war. Objectivity would be appreciated!




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