On Tue, 25 May 2004, Jens Bladt wrote: > I'm glad I'n not the only one with a F717. > Your shots are very nice. I like your butterfly the best. It's brilliant. > Perfect focus/DOF. I believe digital is better for close-ups (greater DOF > due to smaller format) than landscapes, where resolution is often crusial.
I agree. Digital cameras are great for macro and closeup work. > Actually I'm a little afraid to get disappointed with the *ist D (should I > ever get one) - it's just one more MP at the cost of 300% of that of the > SONY. www.dpreview says it's the best resolution they have seen yet on a 5MP > camera. They even compare the image quality with that of the Olympus E-1! AS > I have said before, I can'ot believe Pentax hasn't made a digital camera > like this (all-in-one). It would porbably be a great success. What makes the *ist D a wonderful upgrade is the higher ISO of the camera. I can shoot in much lower light with much less noise than I ever could with the F717. The F717 has about three stops more noise than the *ist D (ie, ISO 100 on the F717 is about as noisy as ISO 800 on the *ist D). This is really cool for handheld available light photography. The low noise as ISO 200 and 400 is also amazing. That butterfly shot took a lot of post processing to make a decent 13x19 print of, mostly due to distracting noise. I think that it would have been a lot easier if it had been shot at ISO 200 on the *ist D. That shot was made at ISO 100 on the F717 and there is still a lot of noise. alex
