It's excellent. The Pentax only gets noisy when the image is underexposed at high ISO. I think users frequently try for 1600 when they really need 3200, hence the reputation for noise. But I too have found that my *istD is remarkably free of noise at high ISO. I expect even better performance from the 10D, despite the higher resolution. Paul On Sep 13, 2006, at 11:21 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> 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 > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
