I won't argue that 1st point... I was objecting to the statement that Pentax "decided not to obliterate all the noise and allow some character to show".
I'm sure they wanted it as noise-free as possible. Tom C. >From: Paul Stenquist <[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 17:43:52 -0500 > >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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
