On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:40 PM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > Imagewise, the Q gives theK20 a run.
First of all, note that Willam said "gives it a run". He didn't say "is equal to or beats it". Regardless of what a pixel-peeper look at side-by-side images between the two shows, I believe the significance of William's statement is that this is his impression (and that is impressive, in itself). I have never owned a K20D, but I owned a K200D and my impression is that the Q is a much better camera. I have to temper that with the fact that: a) I've only had the Q a week b) Have only worked with in-camera JPEGs c) Have only worked at screen resolutions If you simply look at the specs... if you ignore the Pixel Pitch, the important stuff is not that far apart. Keep in mind that the K20D is a Samsung sensor and the Q is a backlit Exmor-R (apples and oranges, technology-wise). The Dynamic Range (as measured by Dx0Mark is identical to the K20D: 11.1 All 3 (Q, K200D, K20D) are 12-bit per pixel The Q blows the doors off the other two in FPS (5, 2.8, 3) The K200D didn't have Live View, while the K20D did. The Q has an electronic shutter to the other two's mechanical. My impression is that the Q can hold its own if the ISO is under 200, which I think is quite a feat for a camera/sensor this small. -- 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.
