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    Sony Xperia Z2 overview: Revised model takes first place in Mobile rankings – Kevin Carter

    2014-04-10 / Comments Off on Sony Xperia Z2 overview: Revised model takes first place in Mobile rankings – Kevin Carter

    Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently tested Sony’s Xperia Z2 smartphone. DPReview use Kevin’s scientific data in their reviews, as they quote Kevin here, ‘The DxOMark team reports the Xperia Z2 images show “impressive detail preservation outdoors” and “in low light, a lot of detail is still visible, even if a loss of details is noticeable compared to outdoors.” Noise levels are reasonable at all light levels, with small grain size and no chroma noise. The autofocus works in a fast and responsive manner, with only very few focus errors. The…

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    RED Epic Sensor Reviews – Kevin Carter/DxOMark and More…

    2014-03-06 / 1 Comment

    Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor/Consultant for DxOMark, the British Journal of Photography among many others has just completed some huge technical reviews for DxOMark. Not least the RED Epic Dragon review ‘the first camera to break the 100-point DxOMark sensor score barrier’. He’s also reviewed the Leica X Vario sensor, the Leica S sensor, the Olympus Stylus 1 sensor, the Sony Alpha A500 sensor and a range of the best lenses for the Sony Alpha A300 both primes and zooms. Phew, no wonder I haven’t seen him! The DxOMark lab tests represent the gold standard for technical tests and these are…

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    Nokia Lumia 1020’s RAW Image Quality – DxOMark/Kevin Carter Takes A Look

    2014-01-27 / Comments Off on Nokia Lumia 1020’s RAW Image Quality – DxOMark/Kevin Carter Takes A Look

    Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently tested the Nokia Lumia 1020’s RAW Image quality. DPReview use Kevin’s scientific data in their reviews, as they say here, ‘With the device now capturing images in DNG Raw format our partners at DxOMark have been able to put the Lumia 1020 through its Raw-based sensor testing and compared it to hundreds of cameras in its database. Considering that we are looking at a smartphone, the results are pretty interesting.  With a DxOMark sensor score of 41 points, the Nokia 1020 ranks 222 out of…

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    Sony Xperia Z1 Overview – A Serious Challenger To Nokia Lumia 1020?

    2013-10-16 / 1 Comment

    Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently as tested the Sony Xperia Z1 smartphone. DPReview use Kevin’s scientific data in their reviews, as they say here, ‘our partners at DxOMark have put the Sony Xperia Z1 through their comprehensive image quality testing regime’. Take a look at the DxO link here for Kevin’s review and interesting findings regarding the video capabilities. To read the dpreview review, go here.    

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    iPhone 5s Overview – Kevin Carter Reviews For DxO Mark & DPReview

    2013-10-14 / Comments Off on iPhone 5s Overview – Kevin Carter Reviews For DxO Mark & DPReview

    Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxO Mark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently as tested the Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone, we mentioned that here. Kevin has also reviewed the Apple iPhone 5s too. Kevin says, ‘With a DxOMark Mobile score of 76 the Apple iPhone 5s ranks in second place to the inspirational Nokia 808 Pureview, and ahead of other notable camera-phones including the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the previous iPhone 5, which score 75 and 72 points in our smartphone rankings’. To read more of that review, go here. To read on dpreview including Kevin’s scientific…

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