Holy crap, I want mine NOW!! Hoping to get mine in the next few weeks, but I am actually too busy to even think about it - at least the bank balance will be looking healthy enough pretty soon though...
t.x. PS no fair, you beat me to it! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of P N Stenquist Sent: Wednesday, 3 November 2010 7:18 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: K-5 here, high iso samples My K5 arrived a few hours ago. My first thought was that it was defective and wouldn't autofocus. As usual, I'd forgotten to set the diopter to "almost blind." Once I realized that I was the only one not focusing, I shot a few pics at ISO 6400 and 12800, just for grins. I converted them from RAW with the default ACR settings. No additional sharpening. I did increase the exposure a bit on the coke sign, since the largely white background let it slightly under. Have yet to check exposure for any necessary standard comp setting, but it looks pretty close. I also have to check autofocus calibration for all my lenses. I hate that job, but consider it a necessity with any new camera. Maybe tomorrow. Anyway, ere are a few pics. All are with the DA* 16-50. This is ISO 6400, f4, 1/125th: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11890890 100% drop of same frame: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11890891 This frame is ISO 12,800, f4 1/50th. The camera focused in my nearly dark basement: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11890892 -- 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.

