My understanding is that noise has as much to do with the firmware as with the sensor. The Sony sensor in the ist D series is in a bunch of other cameras, and test reports have a wide range of reported noise levels.
Rick --- Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Found this over at dpreview: > > http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=19440192 > > It reads like a very intelligent test. The Nikon > D200 and the Sony Alpha > both get bad marks for noise. The K10D will > apparently have the same sensor. > > SR may give us 2, 2.5, or 3 stops extra speed. But > we would lose at > least one of those stops to noise. (If you shot > satisfactorily at ISO > 1600 before, with the K10D you may need to limit > yourself to ISO 800.) I > often shoot in low light, and am concerned about > this noise issue. > > I don't want to have to buy the K100D to get shake > reduction. It doesn't > have the features I need. > > What are others on the list planning to do re: the > K10D? And why? > > Joe > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
