I've now shot about 150 high ISO images, many at 1600, and the results are excellent. No banding, no mottling, less noise than the *istD. I've shown several here. I haven't experienced any focus problems yet. I've used the DA 16-45, FA 35/2, FA 50/1.4, DA 50-200, DA 12-24. I have seen some slightly inconsistent exposures when shooting multiple images, but that could be attributed to the operator moving the camera a bit. Paul On Nov 25, 2006, at 5:17 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote:
> The sense I have is that everyone who has seen or used the K10D thinks > its a pretty durned good piece of work. > > ----- > > Well, you need to cruise over to dpreview to see some of the problems > people are reporting. I understand that there are also K10D problems > reported at Fred Miranda's site, but I don't know how to find > them--there doesn't seem to be a Pentax-specific forum. > > Believe it or not, gang, this isn't a complaint coming from me. So > please don't flame me. My K10D doesn't arrive until next Wednesday, > and > I sincerely hope that it does not display the banding, mottling, and > misfocusing problems that some people are reporting. Yes, I've > expressed > concern about the sensor and some aspects of the design, but I do want > this to be a good camera. I plan for it to be my workhorse. > > Some of the problems can perhaps be discounted as coming from > newcomers. > But a couple of long-time photographers have reported focusing > problems, > especially with the DA 21. There are high ISO images showing banding, > but other makes and/or sensors may have the same problem. I don't know > if the banding that people have shown is less or more than the banding > that the D200 showed when it was first introduced. > > I've just posted a message at dpreview asking people to make sure they > are using the central autofocus sensor before they report focusing > problems. I don't know yet what the reaction will be. I may get > flamed. > One gets used to it. > > Joe > > -- > 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
