A bit more exposure would have helped with the noise, but I was running out of light. I was shooting wide open at 200mm at only 1/60th, ISO 1600. It was almost dark. So no exposure comp. What's more, this is a pretty extreme crop. It's a compromise in other words. Probably not worth showing, but I've been impressed with the continuous autofocus of this camera and wanted to show an example. And an example with pretty girls is better than almost any other kind of example I can think of:-). Paul On Dec 31, 2006, at 11:27 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> There's a lot of what I'd call shadow noise in places were there > aren't > much in the way of shadows. Maybe you should have biased a bit in > favor > of over exposure to try to eliminate that. > > Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Yes, I'm moving toward a second K10D as well. The D is nice, but not >> as nice as the K10. This shot looks a bit too thin, but that's >> because I processed it on my laptop without a calibrated monitor. (I >> subsequently looked at it on my work computer.) I have a tough time >> getting exposures right on the laptop, but I still use it when I >> don't have time to get down to the work computer. I can't calibrate >> the monitor on the laptop, because I don't have administrator >> privileges. However, the IT guy at work has promised to install the >> Spider 2 software for me when we go back after the holidays. So bear >> with me until then:-). >> Paul >> On Dec 30, 2006, at 9:42 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> >>> I agree: I like the rendering at ISO 1600 and 800, while the DS body >>> is just a hair smoother the K10D gives a nicer texturing. But I tend >>> to push the values down a bit more for a deeper look. >>> >>> The K10D is taking over as my standard camera now, I'm thrilled with >>> it. I think all the others I've got are going on the market and I'll >>> get a second K10D body for backup. Only a couple of film cameras >>> will >>> remain for nostalgia and occasional fun, and the Fuji F30 for a >>> pocketable besides it. >>> >>> Godfrey >>> >>> On Dec 30, 2006, at 5:50 PM, George Sinos wrote: >>> >>> >>>> The more I use the K10d the more I like the "look" of it's images. >>>> Even though there is some noise in this photo, it's not obscuring >>>> detail. For instance, the hair of the girl on the right against >>>> the >>>> brick wall. The noise reminds me more of film grain than digital >>>> noise. I think the Pentax engineers hit it on the nose. >>>> >>>> >>>>> ISO 1600 in Tva mode. >>>>> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5390592&size=lg >>>>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > -- > > The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. > -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
