Shel, I have a feeling that a firmware upgrade may have helped, with the early versions of the D at least. Soon after getting the camera I took some shots in available dark at 3200 which turned out very noisy - not unusable but definitely not what I wanted! The next day, having forgotten that I'd left the ISO set to 3200, I shot some landscapes, which were Ok but definitely looked "grainy". However, more recently I deliberately shot at the top ISO and was very pleasantly surprised at the results- definitely useable. More technically-minded PDML-ers will no doubt tell me if that were possible!
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" <PDML@pdml.net> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:21 PM Subject: istDS Noise @ ISO 3200 - again > Whoops! Forgot the URL > > There were some comments about how noisy ISO 3200 is with the Pentax > DSLR's. Here's a large section from a photo I took last month @ Godders' > reception. It shows Marnie looking at her Optio. I made no adjustments to > the image other than to correct the white balance. The image is just how > it > came from the RAW converter in Photoshop CS. All I did was crop a section > of it for upload. It's a large file - 900 kb. How's the noise? > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/IMGP4540-sect.jpg > > > Here's the tech - EXIF info > > > Lens SMCP-A 50/1.4 @ f/2.8, 1/20 sec handheld > > > Model - PENTAX *ist DS > Orientation - Top left > XResolution - 330 > YResolution - 330 > ResolutionUnit - Inch > Software - Adobe Photoshop CS Windows > DateTime - 2006:09:08 14:27:06 > ExifOffset - 220 > ExposureTime - 1/20 seconds > FNumber - 2.80 > ExposureProgram - Aperture priority > ISOSpeedRatings - 3200 > DateTimeOriginal - 2006:08:19 20:27:53 > ShutterSpeedValue - 1/20 seconds > ApertureValue - F 2.80 > ExposureBiasValue - 0.70 > MeteringMode - Center weighted average > Flash - Not fired, compulsory flash mode > ColorSpace - sRGB > ExifImageWidth - 1000 > ExifImageHeight - 800 > > > Shel > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
