Noise wasn't an issue for me, and I usually shot at ISO3200 (Certainly
more than 50% of the time).
Shoot some TMax [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you'll stop complaining about the noise. I
found that in moderate light, when shooting 3200 to compensate for slow
lenses, noise at 3200 was similar or better than grain on NPZ (At 800),
in low light it got worse, but never worse than Tri-X or Neopan 400
pushed to 1600 or 3200. I never shot at 1600, as the improvement in
noise never made up for the loss of 1 stop. I'm a low-light junkie too,
shot a lot with a Super-Tak 50/1.4 on teh D wide open at 1/30 or less.
-Adam
McRae, Max MS wrote:
John Francis wrote:
The buffer size is a limitation - I have lost shots because the
camera is still writing out earlier images. But I've been able
to use AF, even with big, heavy lenses.
Agreed, any fast moving event is a problem with capture speed,
jpegs are bad enough - don't even think about using RAW.
can auto-focus as well as competitive bodies such as the 20D with
USM lenses. I've used Pentax, Nikon & Canon bodies at events,
and I'm firmly convinced that the Pentax AF is neither as fast
nor as reliable as the competition; if my livelihood depended on
my ability to bring home the results I would have switched by now.
But to suggest auto-focus is unusable is overstating the case.
For me, it's not so much auto focus per se, it's in low light conditions
I've found the greatest problems with unacceptable noise levels at 800
ISO
speeds and above.
The D is now so hopelessly outdated, compared with the latest offerings
from Nikon
and Canon, that unless a significantly updated model arrives soon,
Pentax can kiss an even greater number of it's die hard supporters
goodbye.
Such is the digital age we live.
Max
