Agreed. All good points. My interest was in figuring out the engineering behind it and whether or not they truly got rid of the analog amp. That seems doubtful to me, but I don't know all the specs, which I'm sure are all industry secrets.
On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > Gonz wrote: >> >> Did you see the updated image. > > > yes. Much better. > >> >> I think that 4 or 5 stops will show some amount of banding, but not >> enough to make much of a difference. Its when you have maybe 7-10 >> stops where you should notice a massive difference. If the whole >> theory that is being bandied about were true, i.e that the >> multiplication takes place post A/D convertor, then how many bits does >> that A/D convertor have? It would have to have quite a bit more than >> the stated 14 bits, that way they can multiply at will and have plenty >> of room for the dark regions to come out. > > > I think that what real world iso invariance means to me is that I have a lot > more latitude to under expose by dialing the ISO down, so as not to blow out > highlights, and similarly I don't have to worry about shooting at a higher > ISO, within a reasonable range. I don't think it means I can go around > shooting at base ISO all of the time. > > For me, the lesson of all of this is the importance of trying things out, > and learning what your system will do, and how it works best, when it > doesn't matter, because at some point, you'll face a situation where your > camera deviates from the textbook, and you won't have time to figure that > out without missing the shot. > > > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- 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.
