Oh, absolutely. I couldn't possibly have dreamed that I would be driving
a 125 BHP car every day like 10 years ago...
And indeed, I have K-5 and every now and then its high ISO capabilities
come in handy. No argument here.
My point is different. It is that to say that Nikon D7100 is worse than
Pentax K-5 because one does ISO 6400 or ISO 25600 and another does ISO
51200 is splitting hairs IMHO. It is because unless you have very
specific special type of shooting that requires such a capability, this
difference is rather theoretical. The difference in dynamic range and
color fidelity between K-7 and K-5 is real, even under relatively bright
light. And such a difference can have visible impact on the pictures.
Shooting very close to highest ISO (and having just 1 EV of difference
between cameras) is, well, how to put it (as I most certainly don't mean
to offend Darren or anybody else for that matter) - mostly marketing hype.
I expect a lot of argument going to happen (unlikely here, but very
likely on other forums that I happen to visit or participate in) as to
whether Pentax really needs this 24 MP sensor and whether the increase
of pixel count is necessary. Further, some would advocate as if their
life would depend on that, that then extra 8 MP is a life saving
circumstance... IMHO - this sensor has 12 MP too many.
In fact, I much rather Pentax improved their imaging engine (e.g. the
processing and rendering of rightmost part of the histogram or color
fidelity) rather than invest in MP race...
So, indeed, one would have uses for things such as extra high ISOs or
extra high pixel count. But would these extra high parameters be a deal
breaker? Possibly but very improbably...
On 2/24/2013 7:37 AM, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 24 February 2013 16:26, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote:
My most recent experience with late evening shooting with my meager Ricoh
(that tops off at ISO 3200, while I shoot at most at ISO 1600) that this
discussion of who has the longer... erm, sorry, the bigger top ISO is of
utter irrelevance to real life photography.
Yes and no Boris, generally the more sensitive the camera the more
usable it is at higher ISO. I'm sure that you wouldn't dreamed of
shooting regularly at ISO1600 with sensors of two generations ago?
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