IMHO, they're pretty damned good for a small, consumer grade digital P&S.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:42 AM Subject: Re: Sample images of Optio S revealed > > On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 12:02 AM, Iren & Henry Chu wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > Pentax Japan has launched the official web site for Optio S where two > > sample images can be found: > > > > http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/optio-s/ex_01.jpg > > http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/optio-s/ex_02.jpg > > > > These are the first-ever digital images taken by SMC lens. The colour > > rendition is very good. But I think the noise reduction has been > > applied too heavily by the image processing software, making the > > images look flat with not enough contrast. It's okay for an > > ultra-compact consumer digital camera. > > > > Pentax software engineers need to work harder on the D-SLR. > > > > Regards, > > > > Henry Chu > > 5/2/2003