So, out of curiosity, I used the comparison page to pull up the EXIF info on the same ISO shots of the K-5II and the K-3. The K-5II EXIF printed out at 7 pages. The K-3 EXIF printed out at 27 pages.
Under "MAKERNOTES" the K-5 II has a Quality: Premium where the K-3 has a Quality: Best. The K-5II had a FocusMode of "AF-S" while the K-3 had a FocusMode of "Manual". The K-3 had an attribute of AFPointsInFocus (Fixed Center or Multiple) where the K-5II had no such attribute. The K-5II has an attribute of CPUFirmwareVersion (which was the same number as the DSPFirmware Version). The K-3 has only the DSPFirmware Version attribute. The K-5II had WhiteBalanceAutoAdjustment ON where the K-3 had it OFF. The K-5II had TungstenAWB "Strong Correction" while the K-3 had "Subtle Correction" The K-5II had BlackPoint (67 67 67 67) where the K-3 had (1 0 0 1) The K-5II had WhitePoint (17568 8192 8192 11616) where the K-3 had (17120 8192 8192 11136) The biggest differences were in the AEMeteringSegments, the FlashMeteringSegments, and the SlaveFlashMetering Segments. The K-5II had a small paragraph of values for each. The K-3 had 16 printed PAGES of values for AEMeteringSegments. Also interesting was that the K-3 had no CameraTemperature attribute, while the K-5II had 5 separate CameraTemperature attributes. This seems an odd omission. On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Dario Bonazza <[email protected]> wrote: > This is for doing comparisons: > http://www.imaging-resource.com/IMCOMP/COMPS01.HTM > Dario > > -----Messaggio originale----- From: Paul Stenquist > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 6:03 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: K-3 Samples at various ISOs > > > I likewise couldn't find mention of the AA filter mode in the EXIF data. Use > of the Sigma lens is fine by me. Appears to be good glass. Interesting that > the ISO 12,800 exposure was done with noise reduction turned off. And it's > quite good. I can't say for sure, but at a glance it appears to be less > noisy than the K-5. > > Paul > On Oct 30, 2013, at 12:40 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Looking at the EXIF, a couple of observations... >> >> 1) They used a SIGMA lens? >> 2) Where in the EXIF is the info regarding the selectable AA filter? >> It seems to be that any evaluation of K-3 image quality needs to >> specify if that was OFF, or MODE 1 or MODE 2 (so that we can judge the >> differences between images made at the different settings). I have no >> idea which of the above was used in the making of these images. >> >> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Paul Stenquist >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Very good news. The noise level is acceptable even at 12,800, and the >>> detail at lower ISOs is outstanding. >>> >>> Paul >>> On Oct 30, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> PS...meant to give a link...SORRY >>>> >>>> http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/pentax-k3/pentax-k3A7.HTM >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> 6400 looks very good. Ladies and gentleman: We have a winner! >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > 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. > > > ----- > Nessun virus nel messaggio. > Controllato da AVG - www.avg.com > Versione: 2013.0.3426 / Database dei virus: 3222/6792 - Data di rilascio: > 29/10/2013 > > -- > 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. -- Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. -- 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.
