You'll find that 3200 is noisy, but the noise is no more obtrusive than the grain of 35mm Kodak TMZ or Delta 3200 at ISO 3200. Probably better overall. Paul ----- "Nick Wright" <[email protected]> wrote:
> That makes me feel better. Was kinda getting a little worried that > I'd > chosen the wrong camera. I will use both 1600 and 3200 iso probably > fairly regularly. > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 6:05 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > This advice flies in the face of what i've experienced with other > Pentax digital cameras. Correct exposure at the chosen ISO has always > proved less noisy than an underexposed RAW at a lower ISO tht was > pumped up in conversion. ISO 1600 was decent quality on the *istD, so > I suspect it will be useful on the 100D as well. The K20D is about a > stop or so better. > > Paul > > ----- "Nick Wright" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Would someone care to explain a little further about the 800 iso > >> thing? > >> > >> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 01:36:41PM -0500, Nick Wright wrote: > >> >> What have I done? What have I done! > >> > > >> > You made a great decision. > >> > > >> >> > >> >> I just placed an order for a k100d super from keh. > >> > > >> > Of the pentax DSLRs I've handled my two favorites are the 100Ds > and > >> > the 20D. There are a lot of things I like about the 2000, but > the > >> 100 > >> > feels a lot more comfortable in my hand. > >> > > >> > I bought mine about 16 months ago and have shot a bit over > 42,000 > >> > frames. The one quirk that I learned about them is that the > analog > >> > circuitry only goes up to ISO 800, so rather than shooting 1600 > or > >> > 3200, you're better off leaving it in 800 and underexposing your > >> raw > >> > files. > >> > > >> >> > >> >> Oh no! > >> > > >> > Oh noes! I can haz dijitel. > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to > post > >> > the wrong answer. > >> > Larry Colen [email protected] > >> http://www.red4est.com/lrc > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above > >> and follow the directions. > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ~Nick David Wright > >> http://www.nickdavidwright.com/ > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and > >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > > > -- > ~Nick David Wright > http://www.nickdavidwright.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
