On 11/20/2013 1:24 AM, Bill wrote:
On 19/11/2013 4:24 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I grew to dislike the K-7. Hard to deal with the noise, even at ISO
400. Tonality was never a problem for me with the K-5. I usually
tweak the image to display the pallet I want anyway. I didn't do a
lot of studio shooting with the K-5, but I did do one major job,
shooting about a dozen portraits each of a dozen consulting firm
execs. I was surprised to see that I missed focus on four or five of
the approximate 150 frames. It seemed inexplicable, but I attributed
it to simple incompetence -- which may well have been the case.
The K7 was well nigh unusable above 400, but at base was as good as
anything out there. I was never fond of the coolness of the K5 files,
when I tweaked them to get a flesh tone I liked, something else was
wrong. The colour of the K3 seems closer to the rendering of the K7,
which pleases me greatly.
Your focus problem was likely the same problem my K5 had, just not as
severe.
This is really interesting. You see, Bill, my impressions are rather
opposite of yours.
I've recently reviewed several thousand photos from our album. The ones
taken with K-7 had the worst colors and especially the worst skin tones
- pinkish/magentish cast all over.
OTOH, K-7 could go to ISO 6400 as opposed to K10D's mere ISO 1600. This
actually pushed me towards the low light photography. I'm not saying the
results were extraordinary, but since then I kind of like the genre.
As far as AF goes - K-5 is fine - I don't have any trouble with it. I
just don't expect it to be surgically precise or hit exactly, but
absolutely exactly, where I want it to focus. Under these assumptions,
K-5 has perfectly fine AF. Indeed I was surprised to learn that two AF
Ricoh modules are very accurate in terms of AF precision, but not as fast.
These days I don't care - manual focus with proper focus assist with EVF
suits me just fine.
Boris
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