Re: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-23 Thread steve harley
on 2012-05-23 8:15 Rick Womer wrote The difference in detail between the 12 and 14-bit images is far from minimal. - Original Message - From: David Parsons In practice the difference is minimal. http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/nikon-d300-d3-14-bit-versus-12-bit.html i concu

Re: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-23 Thread Rick Womer
The difference in detail between the 12 and 14-bit images is far from minimal. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: David Parsons To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:17 PM Subject: Re: K-30 vs K-5 In practice the difference is

RE: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-22 Thread J.C. O'Connell
fis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Miserere Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:04 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K-30 vs K-5 On 22 May 2012 22:17, David Parsons wrote: > In practice

Re: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Miserere wrote: >On 22 May 2012 22:17, David Parsons wrote: >> In practice the difference is minimal. >> >> http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/nikon-d300-d3-14-bit-versus-12-bit.html >> >> Bit depth does not equal stops of DR. > >Bit depth does not equal captured stops of DR, but sets an up

Re: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-22 Thread Miserere
On 22 May 2012 22:17, David Parsons wrote: > In practice the difference is minimal. > > http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/nikon-d300-d3-14-bit-versus-12-bit.html > > Bit depth does not equal stops of DR. Bit depth does not equal captured stops of DR, but sets an upper limit on the stops of

RE: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-22 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K-30 vs K-5 In practice the difference is minimal. http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/nikon-d300-d3-14-bit-versus-12-bit. html Bit depth does not equal stops of DR. On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On May 22, 2012, at

Re: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-22 Thread David Parsons
In practice the difference is minimal. http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/nikon-d300-d3-14-bit-versus-12-bit.html Bit depth does not equal stops of DR. On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On May 22, 2012, at 3:43 PM, steve harley wrote: > >> on 2012-05-22 11:31 Rick Wo

Re: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-22 Thread Rick Womer
  - Original Message - From: Larry Colen To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 8:20 PM Subject: Re: K-30 vs K-5 On May 22, 2012, at 3:43 PM, steve harley wrote: > on 2012-05-22 11:31 Rick Womer wrote >> I think another big difference will be the 12

Re: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-22 Thread Larry Colen
On May 22, 2012, at 3:43 PM, steve harley wrote: > on 2012-05-22 11:31 Rick Womer wrote >> I think another big difference will be the 12 v. 14 bit/channel RAW--I >> suspect those extra bits in the K-5 are where the great DR lives. > > that concerns me too, but somehow dxomark rates the dynamic

Re: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-22 Thread steve harley
on 2012-05-22 11:31 Rick Womer wrote I think another big difference will be the 12 v. 14 bit/channel RAW--I suspect those extra bits in the K-5 are where the great DR lives. that concerns me too, but somehow dxomark rates the dynamic range of the K 01 12.9 Evs vs 14.1 Evs for K-5 — just over

Re: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-22 Thread Darren Addy
Another good article on bit depth. Quote: "Not long ago, most cameras functioned in 8-bit mode. Then the higher-end DSLRs became capable of using 12-bit capture. Now they are up to 14-bit, which is a *huge* benefit to photographers. If you don’t understand bit depth, these may sound like increment

Re: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-22 Thread Darren Addy
A good discussion of the difference between 12 bit depth and 14 bit depth. http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/nikon-d300-d3-14-bit-versus-12-bit.html That the K-30 is only 12 bit depth mostly explains why it is better at higher frame rate work than the 14 bit depth of the K-5. -- PDML Pent

Re: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-22 Thread Christine Aguila
o.net/photos/RickW > > > - Original Message - > From: William Robb > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Cc: > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 11:40 PM > Subject: Re: K-30 vs K-5 > > On 21/05/2012 5:15 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: >> seems pretty close >> > > The bi

Re: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-22 Thread Rick Womer
Subject: Re: K-30 vs K-5 On 21/05/2012 5:15 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > seems pretty close > The big difference will be the K5's build quality. Performance wise, probably not much to say. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/

Re: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-21 Thread William Robb
On 21/05/2012 5:15 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: seems pretty close The big difference will be the K5's build quality. Performance wise, probably not much to say. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

RE: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-21 Thread J.C. O'Connell
seems pretty close - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Darren Addy Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 6:40 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K-30 vs K-5 I

Re: K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-21 Thread Darren Addy
I just posted a quick comparison in the "Official announcement" thread. -- 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.

K-30 vs K-5

2012-05-21 Thread J.C. O'Connell
whats the difference between the k30 and the k5? is it the same better or worse and in what respects? - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,