Depending upon your needs you could easily use a K-30 to 6400 even 12800 if you weren't printing poster sized. I would use a k-30 comfortably to 3200 and could still make sizable prints from that. If its all going to web you could even use 12800 and it would look great. Same for 8x10s. I printed an 8x10 recently at 6400 and I have to look pretty darn close to see the noise and that was with noise reduction turned off in lightroom from when I processed the file. The noise also looks semi-organic and is not displeasing. This is from a k-5, but I am to understand that the k-30 has basically the same noise signature for the most part and from what I've seen of jpegs when I used one, it produces very clean looking files. I think you will find the k-30 amazing compared to a k-100d. The autofocus is a step up from a k-5 even from my experience. I still like the k-5 though.
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Glen Berry <g...@glenvision.com> wrote: > This is going to be a difficult question to answer without showing > comparison images, but can anyone give me some sort of idea how noisy a K-30 > is, compared to the much older K-100D? > > One of the things that bugs me the most about the older cameras like the > K-100D, is the very noticeable noise at higher ISO's. With every step above > ISO 200, I can notice additional noise in the image. I think ISO 3200 is > horrible. > > I've read comments from folks who had much newer DSLR's of various brands, > and some of those folks seem content with ISO 3200 on THEIR camera, and I > think I've even read a few mentions of folks being satisfied with ISO 6400 > for certain applications. > > So, how good is the K-30 with regards to high ISO noise, and try to compare > it to an older model like the K-100D if you can. I'm hoping the K-30 will > let me shoot a few stops higher ISO without sacrificing quality. Would that > likely be correct? > > > Thanks, > Glen > > -- > 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.
