Re: K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?

2014-02-20 Thread Margus Männik
You are correct, I re-checked my image bank and found some great high-ISO winter scenes that I thought were shot with K-r, but are really made with K-x. BR, Margus On 20.02.2014 0:26, Larry Colen wrote: On Feb 19, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Margus Männik mar...@eol.ee wrote: Sorry for a late reply,

Re: K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?

2014-02-19 Thread Margus Männik
Sorry for a late reply, K30 is very un-noisy compared to K100D. I just took a look at my written reviews and sample images of both cameras. K30 images at ISO3200 are quite OK. K100D images do have visible digital noise and (depending on lighting conditions) may even have visible horizontal

Re: K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?

2014-02-19 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 19, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Margus Männik mar...@eol.ee wrote: Sorry for a late reply, K30 is very un-noisy compared to K100D. I just took a look at my written reviews and sample images of both cameras. K30 images at ISO3200 are quite OK. K100D images do have visible digital noise and

Re: K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?

2014-02-19 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Glen Berry g...@glenvision.com wrote: So, how good is the K-30 with regards to high ISO noise, Probably miles above my D2H, that POS. Dave 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

Re: K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?

2014-02-19 Thread Rob Studdert
Same for me K-x stopped me using the *ist D (permanently) and the K20D, but later I bought 2 x K5 and sold everything else, the K-x was a great little camera, the first camera on which I could really dial up the ISO and feel like I wasn't ruining the shot. On 20 February 2014 09:26, Larry

Re: K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?

2014-02-13 Thread Glen Berry
I'm impressed! I think that looks as good as my K100D, when it's set to ISO 800. On 2/9/2014 3:45 AM, Larry Colen wrote: With the K-5, I often shoot in excess of ISO 6400. This set of a burrowing owl was shot with the K-5 at ISO 10,000. I consider it much better than merely satisfactory.

Re: K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?

2014-02-13 Thread Glen Berry
Thanks everyone, for all the very helpful comments! The more I research it, the more I believe buying a used K-30 is the camera that will give me the most value for my money. I've seen reviews that said the video mode had some limitations, but I'm not buying a DSLR for video. Any little

Re: K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?

2014-02-09 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 09:16:35PM -0500, Glen Berry 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? I went from a K100 to a K20 which was a small jump

Re: K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?

2014-02-09 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 4:16 AM, Glen Berry g...@glenvision.com wrote: 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

Re: K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?

2014-02-09 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014, Glen Berry wrote: 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? Yup!

Re: K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?

2014-02-09 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Glen Berry g...@glenvision.com wrote: I'm hoping the K-30 will let me shoot a few stops higher ISO without sacrificing quality. Would that likely be correct? Yes, unequivocally. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?

2014-02-08 Thread Glen Berry
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

Re: K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?

2014-02-08 Thread Zos Xavius
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