Make that 26,000 images with D bodies. I forgot that one of my cameras was on its second lap. Paul On Nov 30, 2006, at 10:20 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> I've shot 16,000 images with a D body and about 600 with a K10. I > shoot RAW only with both. I've found that my K10 images are closer to > correct when I first open them in the converter. I don't know what > that means when one is shooting RAW, but I'm certainly pleased. In > regard to sharpness and definition, there is no comparison. The K10D > images are far superior. In regard to noise, I believe it's about a > tossup. I know this goes against prevailing wisdom, but the 1600 > images I've shot with the K10 look quite good. I rarely shoot that > high an IS) with the D, so it's tough to compare. But these seem > better or at least "as good." I might also add that the K10D tends to > deliver a bit more exposure at the same setting as I used on the D. > That could explain the relatively low perceived noise. > Paul > On Nov 30, 2006, at 10:08 PM, Markus Maurer wrote: > >> Hi James >> >> I would be interested to see a comparison among all of the digital >> Pentax >> bodies with the same lens. >> Could you possible have got a bad sample of the DL or can anybody >> confirm >> the red cast and other things mentioned? >> Is there indeed a different amount of "photoshopping" required with >> the >> D/DS/DL/K family? >> Since I soon will buy my first digital body.... >> >> greetings >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Behalf Of >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 12:50 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: K10D image quality >> >> >> Here's the link to the comparison shots...as I said, they're tiny >> but the >> difference is >> very noticeable. Both were iso200 with auto whitebalance in aperture >> priority with >> the lens stopped right down. >> >> http://tinyurl.com/y5mqe4 >> >> Another interesting thing is that these files have been resized to >> exactly >> the same >> number of pixels, however the K10D file is about 25% larger. >> Clearly the >> K10D >> captures and retains more data. >> >> Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >> >>> There may be wailing and gnashing of teeth over on DPReview about >>> perceived problems >>> with the K10D, but my initial impressions with my new K10D are that >>> this camera delivers >>> astonishing image quality! Images are much sharper right out of the >>> camera (even with >>> the same lens) than my istDL. The colour balance and rendition are >>> vastly superior to >>> the istDL and the tonal gradations and shadow detail (in fact >>> dynamic >>> range in general) >>> are also vastly superior to the DL. >>> >>> Every shot from the DL had to be quite drastically tweaked in levels >>> to get rid of the red >>> cast in every shot. Levels, curves, selective colour and slight >>> selective saturation >>> adjustments are part of my regular workflow for images from the DL. >>> >>> Last night, I found that a very quick and subtle tweak of levels and >>> curves were all I >>> needed to get more than satisfactory results from my K10D files. >>> >>> They really do POP! I also did an experiment with the same lens, >>> same settings on the >>> tripod, etc between the two cameras. I shot RAW and converted to >>> JPEG with no >>> adjustments whatsoever. Unfortunately, I resized them a little too >>> small, so I'll redo it >>> with larger files, but the difference between the two was >>> staggering. >>> >>> In isolation the istDL shot looks okay. When compared to the K10D >>> shot, the istDL shot >>> is unacceptably soft, muddy, underexposed and red. The difference >>> really did blow me >>> away. >>> >>> Long story short...even though I had built the K10D up a huge >>> amount, >>> it has certainly >>> met my expectations. >>> >>> The only issue I've had is the shake reduction appears to be a >>> little >>> intermittant. >>> Sometimes it works (you can hear it during exposure) and >>> sometimes it >>> doesn't. >>> >>> Cheeers >>> James >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >> >> >> -- >> 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
