Wow. Thanks for sharing these, Paul. I'd say the difference is pretty dramatic!
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
