Even though slightly less contrast, the K-5 offers an image willing to allow ones PP preferences without first dealing with the K-7's more limited DR. The dark counter behind the table is the first area that caught my eye and gave the margin comfortably to the K-5. Thanks very much, Paul. Nice job!
Jack --- On Mon, 11/8/10, P N Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > From: P N Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > Subject: K-5, K-7, side-by-side at ISO 6400 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 2:25 PM > Boris asked me to provide a direct > comparison. So here it is. One pic each of the same scene > from each camera, shot off a tripod with the DA* 16-50 at > f5.6, 1/60th. (Both meters agreed on that exposure.) The FOV > varies slightly, because I turned the zoom ring a bit when > removing the lens from camera one. The K-7 pic is 22mm, the > K-5 is 21mm. In addition to one shot from each, I've > combined the two images for direct viewing of both at once. > I've sized the jpegs slightly larger than my normal web pics > for better detail viewing. Both are raws, converted with the > default settings of my ACR softwre. > > The scene is a cluttered part of my basement, with > illuminated ( and dusty:-) foreground objects and deep > shadows in the background. In the shadows are some white > surfaces that readily show noise. There's also a hot > highlight in the background -- a light reflected in a > mirror. Ugly pics, but telling examples. Note that the K-5 > renders colors warmer and, as Boris suggested earlier, the > unprocessed pic appears to have less contrast. > > K-7 image: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11920154&size=lg > > K-5 image > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11920153&size=lg > > Both together: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11920155&size=lg > > --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. > -- 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.
