On Feb 24, 2010, at 11:18 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:00 PM, paul stenquist > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The K7 high iSO performance is decent -- at least a stop better than the >> K20D. It's quite acceptable at 6400 and darn good at 3200. And it's metering >> is apparently far better than the Kx. That counts for a lot at high ISO. >> Paul >> > > Paul, > > The metering's definitely better on the K-7, but everything I'm seeing > is showing noise performance to be similar to the K20D given the same > scene and exposure, the net win is entirely from the better metering > and thus disappears when you stop relying on AE, which I do in really > low light. > > When I bought the E-30, I looked closely at the K-7 (it was > fundamentally the camera I wanted), but I saw little difference in the > actual high ISO performance between it anc the E-30, maybe a half stop > at most (the K-7 is better at 3200 than the E-30, but 6400 on the K-7 > is definitely worse than 3200 on the E-30). The K-x on the other hand > is damned near clean at ISO 6400 and remarkably good at 12,800. I'd > rate it almost 2 stops better than the K-7 for noise. > > Note I pretty much end up ignoring the meter in really low light, I > work from the histogram instead and reshoot if necessary.
I too work from the histogram when possible. But some shots can't be redone. In those cases, the K7 metering is a real plus. It's very good in all conditions. Paul > And that's > how I've worked with all my digital cameras (including the Nikons > which have better metering than the K-7). If I really have to meter at > high ISO, I use the spot meter. > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > 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.
