This is a bit of a ridiculous discussion, if we equate it to film days... Let's imagine a set of photographers (let's say they shoot for National Geographic) who swear by Kodachrome 25. If Kodak or a competitor came out with a film that gave them Results Indistinguishable from Kodachrome 25 - but at an ISO of 400 do you think there would be anybody going off to shoot in the rain forest that would rather shoot Kodachrome 25 with the camera on a tripod over the mobility of a handheld shot at ISO 400? Not unless they are irrational.
On a DSLR, you can change ISOs, but you can't change the "film" because it is the sensor. The sensor determines the amount and quality of information in the RAW file. or the amount/quality of information being fed to the algorithms. I don't think it is overstating the case to say that The Most Important design decision that Hoya/Pentax has made was abandoning the Samsung sensor for the Sony Exmor. Even today, I'd put the K-x up against any other manufacturer's "entry level" camera of comparable price. And it's looking like I would be glad to put the K5 up against any other manufacturer's APC-S "flagship". Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
