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Originally Posted by CosmicRay
I finally decided to get out my camera gear and do a detailed, proper comparison: https://changelog.complete.org/archi...e-kobo-libra-2
Long and short of it is: If I had the Kobo Libra Colour and did mostly B&W reading, and somebody handed me the Kobo Libra 2, I'd go, "Wow, what an upgrade!" I really, really wanted to like the Libra Colour but I think I will have to return it. |
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These were the mistakes they made:
Being videos. Photos would show the differences in better detail.
Shooting videos with cameras with automatic light levels. Since the thing we’re trying to evaluate here is how much darker the Kobo Libra Colour screen is than the Kobo Libra screen, having a camera that automatically adjusts for brighter or darker images defeats the purpose. Cell phone cameras (still and video) all do this by default and I saw evidence of it in all the videos.
Placing the two devices side-by-side instead of in identical locations for subsequent shots. This led to different shadows on each device (because OF COURSE the people shooting videos had to have their phone and head between the light source and the device), again preventing a good comparison.
So I dug out my Canon DSLR, tripod, and set up shots. Every shot here is set at ISO 100. Every shot in the same setting has the same exposure settings, which I document. The one thing I forgot to shut off was automatic white balance; you can notice it is active if you look closely at the backgrounds, but WB isn’t really relevant to this comparison anyhow.
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My emphasis.
Thanks.
Certain diagonal mono patterns will give false coloured lines, if it's in "mono" mode.