Pentax could have made iso 1600 "cleaner" by imposing more aggressive noise reduction. However, that would have been at the expense of detail and I think they make the correct choice.
On 12/21/06, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- <----------------------------------------------------> Perry Pellechia Primary email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alternate email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://homer.chem.sc.edu/perry <----------------------------------------------------> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
