Hi,
I'm not sure if this is a bug or if it's caused by a certain setting, but whenever I view a dual ISO image in playback mode, the image is just a blurry mess. It goes back to normal if I zoom in, but at the normal playback size, the image will first appear normal for about half a second (apart from the bars of alternate ISOs), then become a blurry mess (a small black box with containing either "dark" or "bright" shows up as well, and I assume it's showing which parts would be used from the dark and bright areas respectively - or something like that). Sometimes I am able to see the dual ISO images normally (without the blurring effect), but I cannot reproduce that outcome.
How do I view the dual ISO images "normally"? I don't mind having the bars of alternate ISOs, but having the blurry images makes previewing the images almost useless. Since I do see the non-blurry preview for half a second + the image isn't blurry if I zoom in, there has to be a way that the preview can stay non-blurry, right?
I found it helpful to dial picture style sharpness down to 0.
At some zoom levels, the downsampling factor hits the sweet spot and you can get a fairly good image (so just try them all).
My picture style sharpness is already 0 though.
As I said before, the issue is not there when I zoom in (or out, for that matter). But at the default image preview/playback size (fullscreen image), the image will display perfectly for about half a second before becoming blurry. That happens when the box at the top left corner of the screen pops out, showing either "dark" or "bright"
It means the heuristic in dual_iso.c (isoless_playback_fix) is broken (you can delete it and see if it improves anything, or think at something more robust).
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I'll just wait till it gets fixed in the official nightlies; I'm a bit lazy to go and compile myself now. Unless dual_iso.c is supposed to be found on my camera, in which case I don't have it.
I'm more interested in keeping up with the developments with the current investigation on ISO, even though I don't understand most of the technical parts of it.