On Nov 7, 2010, at 9:25 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: > Thanks, David. >
... snip ... > > I also gather that to see the difference between 12 bit and 14 bit RAW one > has to look at 300% enlargements of dark areas of special targets. Naturally, > this difference may be observed in less special conditions but for the time > being K-7 will have to do for me. One area where I see increased Dynamic range to be useful for me is photographing bands where one band member will be in bright light, and another will be in shadows. With two more stops of dynamic range, I have a better chance of making both musicians recognizable. > > Finally, I am gathering from these articles that for the purpose of /my/ > shooting K10D is absolutely sufficient for bright light and for low light no > camera is good enough as this is exactly the area that is being constantly > developed by camera manufacturers. To that end, due /my/ non-photographic > /constraints/ K-7 will have to do as well. However, you can be comforted that performance issues that might prompt you to change brands are rapidly being dealt with. This doesn't resolve infrastructure issues, but we can hope that will be addressed soon too. > > Finally, like Miserere said to me on another occasion, I would like to be > shown a print that /really/ illustrates the advantages of K-5 14-bit 14.1 Ev > dynamic range over inferior K-7. Until then, I will see no reason to strain > myself one more time for upgrade purposes... Especially since the longer you wait the less the K-5 will cost, or in another two years something even better will be available. > -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
