Boris asked me to provide a direct comparison. So here it is. One pic
each of the same scene from each camera, shot off a tripod with the
DA* 16-50 at f5.6, 1/60th. (Both meters agreed on that exposure.) The
FOV varies slightly, because I turned the zoom ring a bit when
removing the lens from camera one. The K-7 pic is 22mm, the K-5 is
21mm. In addition to one shot from each, I've combined the two images
for direct viewing of both at once. I've sized the jpegs slightly
larger than my normal web pics for better detail viewing. Both are
raws, converted with the default settings of my ACR softwre.
The scene is a cluttered part of my basement, with illuminated ( and
dusty:-) foreground objects and deep shadows in the background. In the
shadows are some white surfaces that readily show noise. There's also
a hot highlight in the background -- a light reflected in a mirror.
Ugly pics, but telling examples. Note that the K-5 renders colors
warmer and, as Boris suggested earlier, the unprocessed pic appears to
have less contrast.
K-7 image:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11920154&size=lg
K-5 image
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11920153&size=lg
Both together:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11920155&size=lg
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