But you're going to have noise at 1600 regardless. So if you can make it look more like grain than noise, it's a plus. However, that being said, the K10 is no noisier at 1600 than the D, but the look is a bit nicer. Quite an achievement, I'd say. Paul On Dec 21, 2006, at 5:07 PM, Tom C wrote:
> Yes very nice to leave crap lying around in the image... Thanks > Pentax, > you're managing to reverse 100 years of technology advancements in > the field > of photography. :-) > > Grain has never been the overwhelming desire in the manufacture of > film or > printing of images except in those relatively rare cases where it's > used to > an artistic advantage. Other than that it's reduction has been the > holy > grail. > > Come on Shel... > > Tom C. > > >> From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: PESO; A smoke on the sidewalk >> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:36:33 -0800 >> >> Oh, almost forgot .... I really like the grain on this one. Very >> nice the >> way Pentax has decided not to obliterate all the noise and allow some >> character to show in the images. >> >> Shel >> >> >> >>> [Original Message] >>> From: Paul Stenquist >> >>> K10D, DA 50-200 at 200mm. I set my K10D at f6.3, 1/200th. Put the >>> camera in TAV mode and let it select the sensitivity. This shot >>> came in >>> at ISO 1600. Converted to BW in the channel mixture. I like this >>> shooting mode. Would not have wanted to think about ISO when I >>> pulled >>> the trigger on this. But knew what kind of shutter speed and >>> aperture I >>> wanted. Just an average shot of someone on the street, but a good >>> experiment in regard to how I want to work with this camera in these >>> kinds of situations. >>> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5358043 >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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
