John, The less light there is, the worse the noise will be. In available dark, even 400 will be noisy, while 3200 si acceptable with enough light.
-Adam John Coyle wrote: > 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" <[email protected]> > 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 >>[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
