More noise than the 6MP bodies was essentially guaranteed, as noise is linked to sensor site size and the 6MP sensors have much larger sensor sites. But it's very well controlled, and has the more film-like look that Pentax has maintained on its bodies than the competition (This is one reason I'll shoot the K100D [and the *istD when I had it] to 3200 but rarely took the D50 over 800, didn't like the look of the noise on the Nikon).
-Adam Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Thanks for posting the link. I took a look at the 1600 ISO shot, and I'm > not particularly impressed with the amount of noise. It seems that the > istDS is, or at least, can be, quieter, if that's the right term. > Admittedly, it's not too bad, although at some point it would be nice to > see more images under a wider variety of lighting conditions. I am, > however, quite comfortable with the noise pattern, if that's the right way > to describe it. It seems to finer than the noise in the istDS, and that's > a good thing. Perhaps the fineness balances out the amount in some way. > > What was more interesting was that the photo, when downloaded, appeared > horizontal, but when opened in PS it opened as the vertical shot that it > is. It opened as a horizontal image in Irfanview. The auto-rotate is a > nice feature - I guess PS reads some info in the EXIF(?) info and makes the > correction automatically. > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Adam Maas > >> And Pentax has posted High ISO samples from the K10D on the Japanese site: >> >> http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/35mm/k10d/ex.html >> >> Looking VERY good. Maybe a 1/3rd of a stop worse than the K100D, which >> is pretty good considering the sensor site size change. > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
