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SLRs creeping up on medium formats quality-wise
CrunchGear — ... Big players like Leaf and Hasselblad had better do something soon, or Nikon and Canon will be doing more than nipping at their heels. Tests done by analysis firm DxO Labs seems to confirm what many of us understand intuitively: that the pro DSLR is fast closing the image quality gap with medium format digitals. You can set up your own comparison here; it’s not the last word, of course, but benchmarks are valuable in some ways. ...

Image Quality Database for comparing digicams
Boing Boing Gadgets — Analysis firm DxO Labs hosts a fantastic comparison tool over at their website, which can very quickly and helpfully chart out whether or not your Canon PowerShot G10 is really as good as your photographer friend's $22,000 Hasselblad H3DII 39. The answer to that question, of course, is "no" but surveying the results, you'd be surprised how close the gap is between some sub-$1,000 cameras and professional models five or six times the price. Image Quality Database [DxOMark via Crunchgear]