I can see clear differences between the K-5, K-5II and K-5IIs in both
noise management and detail preservation/resolution.
But "clear" doesn't necessarily mean "large" or "useful on a practical
basis". That said, based on pixel-peeping, I'd choose the K-5IIs.
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On 10 November 2012 07:16, Rob Studdert <[email protected]> wrote:
> I can see a marked difference if I select a D800 as one of the cameras
> under compare otherwise the differences between the K5 variants are
> academic at best IMO.
>
>
> On 10 November 2012 22:04, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The resolution advantage is there in plain view. Focus on any fine
>> text. Eg: examine the red square area below the globe, with the poem.
>> Try it at ISO 100 first then switch back to 6400. The K-5IIs degrades
>> the least of al the samples.
>>
>> I added the Canon 5DMkII in to the samples and was interested to note
>> that the K-5IIs actually beats it for fine rez, and looks cleaner at
>> 6400 ISO.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 3:46 AM, Rob Studdert <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>> I sure as hell can't see any glaring advantage to the K-5 IIs, nor do
>>> I see any significant issue in red saturated areas of the test image.
>>> However what remains impressive is how little image quality
>>> degradation there is switching from ISO80 to ISO 800 ;)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10 November 2012 14:53, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> DPR has samples so you can do close-in comparison... here are the K-5,
>>>> the K-5 II, and K-5 IIs doing ISO6400 RAW.
>>>>
>>>> The IIs may have big advantages, but they're sure not on display here.
>>>> Zero in on anything that has intense red saturation; I was surprised
>>>> by what I saw.
>>>>
>>>> Having said that, I totally disapprove of pixel-peeping. Anyhow,
>>>> that's my story and I’m sticking to it. -T
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