On Nov 8, 2010, at 7:12 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > Wow. Thanks for sharing these, Paul. I'd say the difference is > pretty dramatic! > How dramatic the difference appears to be depends in part on how much detail the monitor that they're viewed on reveals. On my iMac 24 and the Apple Cinema Display 23, the difference is substantial. On my Macbook 13, it's much less obviousl. Paul
> > > 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. -- 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.
