To tell the truth it sounds as if they're moving in the wrong direction for
me. While noise is not really a concern for many types of daylight shooting
or when the camera is on a tripod, hence a lower ISO can be used, it is a
significant factor in night photography.
If noise is worse than the *ist D, at any ISO, it's likely not the camera
for me, as more and more I'm going to be doing night/astrophotography.
In addition, requiring the the user to do even more in post-processing to
try to correct for what could be viewed as a camera short-coming, strikes me
as a cop out. I already don't use the *ist D for anything serious over ISO
800. I don't want additional post-processing work, that may or may not
correct the situation on an image-by-image basis.
It appears Canon may have the edge in this area. Though I must admit when
shooting RAW, almost all noise reduction is done post-processing except for
in-camera dark frame subtraction.
Tom C.
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From: Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: K10D aimed as D200 killer
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:24:00 +0100
More food for speculative minds:
At dpreview I just found a translation of a interview with Hisashi Tatamiya,
who has been leading the K10D project.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=20671456
Basically the translation, by Susumo a Japanese(?), says that K10D trimmed
as a high IQ camera. The IQ philosophy has been to prioritise sharpness and
resolution. The downside is that images will need post processing. Another
downside is noise at high ISO. Noise from high ISO is also a post processing
matter.
In short (and a bit tabloid). K10D is intended as a low cost pro level
camera, a direct D200 competitor, not a A100, D80 or 400D competitor.
The original interview is here
http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/lifestyle/articles/0610/30/news079.html
Interesting. Maybe some who actually reads Japanese can have a look.
Tim
Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian)
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