I guess this is really the point,. The noise in that shot doesn't bother me at all., but that is a question of taste rather than technology. Just to make a point, however, i showed this to everyone else in my office and they thought it was a wonderful image, even the full size one. Of course, they don't think to look for the noise.
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 22, 2010, at 8:43, P N Stenquist wrote: >> >> On Oct 22, 2010, at 9:14 AM, William Robb wrote: >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "paul stenquist" >>> Subject: Re: OT: new camera ... ISO 3200 sample >>> >>>> Good, but not stunning in terms of high ISO performance. Of course that's >>>> just one sample, but I'd put it on a par with the K7 at 3200. >>> >>> I think that's called damning with faint praise. >>> >>> William Robb >> >> Well, that's not my intent. I'm perfectly happy with that level of high ISO >> performance. A sense of grain in a pic shot in dim room lighting is >> appropriate in my opinion. And since the Olympus sensor is a bit smaller, I >> think the performance is quite good. > > I'm with Paul on this one. > > Until the magical day I get a camera that does away with that graininess... > then I'll probably love the buttery-smooth images at five zillion ISO. But > until then....! > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - [email protected] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.

