On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:43:09PM -0500, John Francis scripsit: > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 08:55:22PM -0500, Graydon wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 08:47:27PM -0500, paul stenquist scripsit: > > > Although they have the same sensor, the K7 seems to render shadow > > > detail considerably better than the K20. Don't know why. Definitely > > > more shadow detail and less noise. > > > > As I understand it, the K7 has the second generation; same resolution, > > but different "wiring" of the sensors and more bits per pixel. > > Different wiring, yes - it has multi-channel readout for higher speed > (and, as an added benefit, lower noise). > > Are you sure about that "more bits per pixel" ?
I have these vague memories of 4 vs 2 and this actually being at risk of increasing the noise while increasing the responsiveness. Could just be vague delusions, I do suppose. -- Graydon -- 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.
