No pixel peeping there. The images are only 718 pixels on each side. Hard to determine anything on the basis of such mall images, although I did compare the two f4 images, and while the color varies greatly (no color space assigned), one does appear to be somewhat sharper than the other. Pul On Oct 24, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Don't know if you've seen this already or not, but here is a > comparison of a Japanese Yen note photographed with the same lens (FA > 31mm f1.8 AL Limited) on a K-5 and then with a K-5iis > > K-5 > http://pentax.briefing-paper.com/1121 > Posted in May > > K-5iis > http://pentax.briefing-paper.com/1864 > Posted today > > If you are like me, the first thing that will hit you is the color > difference. At first I assumed that they were taken side-by-side on > the same day, but the fact that they were taken 5 months apart makes > me wonder about the light conditions (color) that each was taken > under. The color of the K-5 is much more pleasing, to my eye. > > The K-5iis image is clearly sharper (read the text that wraps around > the starburst in the upper right) but one might argue the K-5 is > "sharp enough". The bottom photo on each page is with extra sharpness > (in camera). I put the images side by side in a single photoshop image > so I could do some comparing. The extra sharpness K-5 image beats the > zero sharpness K-5iis (to my eye). The commentator on the page (Google > Chrome translation) says the same thing in reverse: "With a sense of > resolution (sharpness 0) normal state, there seems to be almost the > same degree of proficiency and extra sharpness +1 in K-5." > > I leave it as an exercise for the reader to decide if that makes it > worth the price of an upgrade from your K-5. I believe that most > people will be putting more emphasis on its AF capabilities, as > compared to the K-5, before deciding. But I think I'm going to remain > happy with my K-5 for a long time to come. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
