This was one of my first shots with the K10D. Outside in late afternoon light. ISO 100 and no noise removal at all. Shot as DNG and converted to PSD in ACR. Then levels, curves, rezize down and very slight smart sharpen and that was it.
No noise that I can see and the sharpness and punch of the shots coming from the K10D have really startled me compared to the ist DL. http://tinyurl.com/yflpqx Cheers James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dario Bonazza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 1:35 AM Subject: K10D at low speeds > 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
