It was raining today. Pretty much all day. I did a couple of shots (6400 and 51,200) at a local pub while out for lunch. Did a couple of shots each of the K-3 and K-5ii sitting side by side and the AF360FGZ and the new AF540FGZii sitting side by side. Then I did a few series of a "still life" with both cameras, repeated with and without NR turned on in the camera. Lighting courtesy of moderately dark rain clouds.
The images may be viewed as follows: I put the whole batch, full size DNGs, in my Dropbox. Also there is the K-3 manual and an "index page" that describes ISO & camera & NR On/Off for each image. (Included below as well). Full size jpgs exported from Lightroom can be seen on my Zenfolio site. Also there you can see 900x900 close-ups from each of the full-size images. Oh, and in addition to the ISO series, I did an in-camera HDR with both cameras; the K-5 only works on jpgs, the K-3 HDR works with RAW. Cameras mounted on a copy stand, natural lighting, remote shutter activation with mirror lockup. You'll note that note all cells are filled in in the table below. So, I screwed up. Shoot me. Dropbox: DNGs https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b814cy2z86knd9p/0TOLBhvJmB Zenfolio: Large jpegs and smaller close-ups http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p400348830 Index: K3 vs K5ii Preliminary ISO tests: Image File Names NR Off NR On K-3 K-5ii K-3 K-5ii ISO100 A0020 6017 A0026 6022 ISO800 A0021 6018 A0027 6022 ISO 6400 A0022 6019 A0028 6024 ISO 25600 6020 6025 ISO 51200 A0024 6021 A0029 60026 K-5 Incamera HDR (jpg) 6027 K-3 In-camera HDR (DNG) A0042 K3 & K5ii pictures B0369-0371 AF360 FGZ & AF540 FGZii pictures B0372-0373 I haven't actually looked at these images in any detail yet. I can verify that there is more apparent noise at higher ISO's. stan -- 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.
