Some people like to look for trouble.. Mike Hamilton wrote: > 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 > >
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