Remember the reviews of the *istD? It got beaten up because Pentax decided to make soft pictures strait out of the box. I was not part of the list then, but I imagine many talking about this being better because it left the decision to the photographer.
As I understand it, it's the same with noise vs. details. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: 30. oktober 2006 19:15 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: K10D aimed as D200 killer 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. ----Original Message Follows---- From: Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> To: "'Pentax discussion forum'" <[email protected]> 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) -- 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
