There were some comments about how noisy ISO 3200 is with the Pentax DSLR's.
Here's a large section from a photo I took last month @ Godders' reception. It shows Marnie looking at her Optio. I made no adjustments to the image other than to correct the white balance. The image is just how it came from the RAW converter in Photoshop CS. All I did was crop a section of it for upload. It's a large file - 900 kb. How's the noise? Here's the tech - EXIF info Lens SMCP-A 50/1.4 @ f/2.8, 1/20 sec handheld Make - PENTAX Corporation Model - PENTAX *ist DS Orientation - Top left XResolution - 330 YResolution - 330 ResolutionUnit - Inch Software - Adobe Photoshop CS Windows DateTime - 2006:09:08 14:27:06 ExifOffset - 220 ExposureTime - 1/20 seconds FNumber - 2.80 ExposureProgram - Aperture priority ISOSpeedRatings - 3200 DateTimeOriginal - 2006:08:19 20:27:53 ShutterSpeedValue - 1/20 seconds ApertureValue - F 2.80 ExposureBiasValue - 0.70 MeteringMode - Center weighted average Flash - Not fired, compulsory flash mode ColorSpace - sRGB ExifImageWidth - 1000 ExifImageHeight - 800 Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net