Sometimes (and with increasing frequency), I wonder why I bother reading the Pentax forum at DPReview. Here's a gem from today, addressed to Ned Bunnel, Marketing VP for Pentax USA (Edited for brevity):
----------- "I shoot in the ISO range of 100 to 400, and I have found the color and tonal palette in particular to be superb and, in many ways, more pleasing to my eyes than any other DSLR I've used before. However, because there has been some controversy over "banding" at ISO 1600 with the K10D, I thought I would run my own experiment. I invite you or someone else at Pentax to set a K10D to ISO 1600, set the exposure compensation to -2 EV, and take pictures of a relatively even toned grey subject. If my experience and those of some others is typical, you will see fairly distinct vertical (assuming the camera is held in landscape mode) pattern noise. There is only the very slightest hint of the phenomena at ISO 800, and none at lower ISO ratings." ---------- Shocking. Who would think that a camera would produce ugly noise when underexposed 2 stops at ISO 1600? Even more shocking that this user would care, given his first statement that he uses the camera in the range of 100-400. Mike -- Remember to Breathe -- MichaelHamilton.ca -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
