Bruce Walker
I don't see any annoying blue noise of which you speak.
I regularly shoot my K20D @ ISO 3200. Here are just a few examples from a
jazz venue notorious for low light from gelled tungsten spots:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/5029160697
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/5029780304
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/5029162869
1/90th sec, f/1.4, ISO 3200.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/5029786364
1/8th, f/2.8, ISO 3200.
Same here. The high-ISO performance of the K20D is not bad at all, and never
noticed any kind of banding over here. When I had a K-7 on loan, I used the
K20D much often and much more happily, because its noise looks much better
than the "dusty" look of K-7 noise. And I also like the K20D user interface
a lot more than the recent "evolution" (so to speak) in K-7 and K-5.
The K-x is noticeably better than the K20D on high-ISO settings (I'd say it
gains at least 1 stop, perhaps a little more), but it is worse than the K20D
on any other respect.
The further improvement in both IQ and AF of the K-5 "forced" me to go for
the new model, but I still miss the size and cleaner user interface of the
K20D.
Dario
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