On Oct 2, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: > 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.
It wasn't banding, as just ugly noise. Some of that may be from where I did most of my high iso work, in low light with tungsten lights turned down very low, i.e. low color temp, lots of red, boost the blue to concentrate. > 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. There were some things I liked better about the K20 UI. > 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. I find that metering and focus on the K-x is better. Unfortunately with the K-x you don't know what it focuses on. > 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. I think that the body that felt the best in my hands was the K100, which I believe is very similar to the IST bodies. I *like* small camera bodies, I can always make it bigger with a battery grip if I want. > > Dario > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
