Quite so, especially about the high contrast areas. Forests and building interiors are just two reasons that HDR exists; not just for annoying curmudgeons.
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm a bit more conservative about contrast control. Remember that dynamic > range goes down as ISO increases. Dappled sunlight in a forest is an issue > regardless what camera you have, IMO, because none truly have 15 stops of > usable dynamic range. > > The K5 will handily out-perform a DS, but don't expect a miracle. Get your > new camera and do some stress testing like I'm doing so you have a clear > picture of what to expect. > > Godfrey > > On Oct 15, 2013, at 2:46 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 05:35:09PM -0400, Eric Weir wrote: >>> >>>>> On Oct 15, 2013, at 5:29 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have not used an ist, but compared to a K100, a K-x, K-r and a K20 a K-5 >>>> will get cleaner, sharper pictures in any condition. And, the shutter is >>>> very, very quiet. >>> >>> Thanks, Larry. What about high contrast situations? Will I be better able >>> to deal with them? >> >> Did you miss the bit about the K-5 having fourteen stops of dynamic range? >> >> In a word, yes, the difference will be like night and day. > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
