Following from my post about dynamic range in cameras a few days ago, I did some further research… I give you: The 25 cameras with the best dynamic range!

Interestingly, it seems as if Nikon is generally doing quite a bit better than Canon, and that a camera launched almost 5 years ago is actually one of the ones with the very best dynamic ranges out there – And it’s not the brand you’d think, either!

Oh, and interestingly, there’s been a serious shift in the number of photographers shooting in raw – more about that in the end of this article.

The list…

1 – FujiFilm Finepix S5 Pro (13.5 ev)
2 – FujiFilm Finepix S3 Pro (13.5 ev)
3 – Nikon D90 (12.5 ev)
4 – Sony Alpha 900 (12.3 ev)
5 – Nikon D3 (12.2 ev)
6 – Nikon D700 (12.2 ev)
7 – Nikon D300 (12 ev)
8 – Canon EOS 1Ds mk III (12 ev)
9 – Canon EOS 1D mk III (11.7 ev)
10 – Pentax K10D (11.6 ev)
11 – Sony Alpha 350 (11.5 ev)
12 – Nikon D200 (11.5 ev)
13 – Nikon D40x (11.5 ev)
14 – Canon EOS 50D (11.4 ev)
15 – Konica Minolta DYNAX 5D (11.4 ev)
16 – Nikon D60 (11.4 ev)
17 – Canon EOS 1DS mk II (11.3 ev)
18 – Leica M8 (11.3 ev)
19 – Canon EOS 40D (11.3 ev)
20 – Sony Alpha 100 (11.2 ev)
21 – Samsung GX20 (11.2 ev)
22 – Nikon D80 (11.2 ev)
23 – Canon EOS 1D mk2 N (11.2 ev)
24 – Canon EOS 5D (11.1 ev)
25 – Canon EOS 1D mk2 (11.1 ev)

A huge thanks to DXOmark for the figures – check out their site for lots of more interesting uber-geekery about digital camera sensors and suchlike!

Update: Sorry, I had the D200 in there twice – the top one should have been the D300 instead. Fixed now – thanks for the heads-up!

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