ISO 100 in the studio: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5284166&size=lg 100% crop: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5284188&size=lg
Note the paper is textured, and that could be mistaken for noise. But looking in the blacks, I don't see any noise, a few specs of dust, but no noise. Of course I may not be as sensitive to pixel noise as some others seem to be. But the K10D certainly meets my standards for low noise. See also: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5304990 Don't have a crop of that at the moment. But again, this is ISO 100 under controlled conditions. Exposed to bring some detail to the blacks in the suit. Paul On Dec 8, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: > Hi all, > > For some reason, I still haven't been able to put my hands on a K10D, > which > I plan to do soon. > > So far I've seen plenty of sample pics taken with the K10D at high ISO > settings, which of course was the main concern prior to its release. > Now I > feel comfortable with this camera performance in those conditions, > but... > less so at low speeds. > > IMO, one of the big advantages of digital upon film was its lack of > grain in > properly exposed pictures at low/medium speeds. Unfortunately, I can > see > grain striking back everywhere in digital photography, due to ever > increasing pixel density in sensors. I'm already accustomed to see > grainy > pictures even at 50 ISO with P&S digicams, but I hate that in DSLR's! I > especially dislike those portrait pictures were the well-lit parts of > the > face are color balanced while the shadow ones are yellowish due to > noise. > > I don'r remember seeing a K10D picture, taken at any speed, where > noise is > negligible. Can you K10D folks show me any picture taken at say 100 or > 200 > ISO were noise is well controlled WITHOUT the need of de-noising? Is > this > camera capable to take a noise-free picture, just like all 6-megapixel > Pentax DLSRs are? > > Thanks, > > Dario > (dreaming of a 6-megapixel K50D = K100D plus two wheels, Dust Removal > and > USM support) > > > -- > 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
