P N Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > It's true: the K-7 is not horrible at 6400. I've said that before, and > I've sot with it at that ISO. But the K-5 is close to noise free. Look > also at the side of the freezer -- the white object to the far right > -- and the ceiling tiles above. Note also the way the highlight in the > mirror has pretty much burned out in the K-7 pic, but has a bit of > tonality in the K-5 pic. This is very evident in a 100% look at the > full-size image.
When I first got my K-7, I also thought noise was its big problem. Well, it is, in a way. But the much bigger problem is its dynamic range - escpecially its highlight rendition - at higher ISO settings. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.