On 03.3.8 10:51 AM, "KT Takeshita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 03.3.8 9:51 AM, "Bruce Rubenstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The most significant thing that current D60 users are wondering about is >> if the AF of the 10D is improved. > I do not read much about N/C digital forums (in Japan) but I was interested > in 10D in comparison with the coming *ist D and might start dropping in > these "other" forums to investigate what's going on in the "other world". [snipped] > There are a lot of real world examples coming out and one of the things > people are raving about 10D is its high ISO performance (far less noise). > Please take a look at the photo in; > > http://www.thisistanaka.com/diary/new.html I do not peek into these C/N/M forums because they are usually full of crap with flame war, but I do get a lot of info from pro photographers forums like here. Great sources of info. Most of the info I find in Japan which I pass on are usually from pro photographers. Many of them even have their own sites and we can get a great deal of advanced info on equipment as they usually have privilege of getting equipment for beta testing etc. The one I quoted above is from one of those well known photographers in Japan, and he writes everyday (well, almost) his impression on "actual" testing of the latest digicam in a form of "diary" or essay. They are usually short but very pointing and the first hand impression. Unlike other pro photographers' sites wherein most of the talks is on "pro" equipment such as 1Ds etc (there are tons of that info :-), he reviews just about every digicam on the earth. I wish I could translate them everyday (he also has a great style of writing, sometimes downright funny :-) but obviously cannot. His latest diary subject is about Kodak Pro 14n which he obviously got for the testing. Among other things he is saying, good or bad about it, is that it was too bad it was based on F801 and wished it was based on at least F100. Canon 1Ds is based on the top model EOS-1V and he immediately felt the HUGE difference (so he says). As long as DSLRs are concerned, Canon is indeed at least one generation ahead of Nikon who seems to have stopped and been wandering now. We shall see how much Pentax learned from the market and made improvements over others. Talking about Kodak 14n, there are tons of published test info but so far, it appears to be mixed. This CMOS was the product of the joint effort by a small venture in Belgium (FillFactory) and Kodak which eliminated low pass filter and on chip microlens (first adopted by Sony essentially to increase the lost sensitivity due to more pixel density) . But the review indicates that the very elimination of these is actually causing problems such as moire and CA etc which were to be eliminated by their technology in the first place. So, the first full frame sensor on the Nikon based body seem to have a long way to go. Perhaps Nikon is watching how the Kodak effort would go. I only hope that Pentax's earlier attempt to employ full frame sensor gave them invaluable data which should be reflected in the upcoming *ist D. If the CCD is a custom one developed by Sony and Pentax as the rumour has it, I would like to think that those two companies arrested all known problems and made necvessary improvements. Can't wait for their fixing the firmware and announce the firm spec. If I found any beta testing info which should crop up sooner or later, I will of course pass it on. Cheers, Ken
