On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:16 -0500, "P. J. Alling" <[email protected]> wrote: > Looking at the photos, while not noiseless to my eye, the K-5 noise > patterns are clearly less obtrusive, so much more controlled than the > K-7 that I'm now clearly glad that I decided to skip that generation of > DSLR and wait for the next. Well I guess the next generation is here > and I'll have to start saving my pennies again.
Same here. But I suspect that at the rate I save pennies, this generation will have been surpassed several times before the budget comes into surplus... :-(> Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > On 11/8/2010 5:25 PM, P N Stenquist wrote: > > 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 > > > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail -- 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.
