Articles about DxOMark

A French engineering and consulting company, DxOMark calls itself “an independent benchmark that scientifically assesses smartphones, lenses and cameras.” The company set its ball rolling in 2008 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris. Currently they test the audio quality of a particular smartphone, along with image quality, quality of lenses and cameras, and after judging all these parameters, they give out a marking called the DXOMARK score. They claim that the conclusion is drawn following a “rigorous scientific test protocol using industry-grade lab tools.” In other words, they consider three sub-scores - Color Depth, measured in bits (Portrait score), Dynamic Range, measured in stops of dynamic range, (Landscape score), and Low-light performance, measured in an ISO equivalent (Sports score) – to come to an overall score.