Originally Posted by
Jon Ruyle
I agree that the way a viewer or jpeg converter makes the thing look on screen is an arbitrary choice, and that this arbitrary choice is a moving target.
My point is just that when you say "here is a jpeg showing iso 100 with the 5DII", people who are used to jpegs created with today's standard converters look at it and say "hey, why is there so much noise in broad daylight at iso 100? The 5DII must totally suck."
I don't think you're trying to mislead anyone- quite the opposite. I just want to emphasize what you already said, which is that the noise is there because the picture represents a scene with 11.5 stops of dynamic range. This is not what you expect to see when you set the camera to iso 100 and jpeg only, then go out into the sunshine and take some snapshots.