----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Waterson" Subject: K20
> Hi all, ltns > > I have been reading up a litte on the K20 and thought to get the pro's advice > from the people > who know pentax best. > > I was thinking of picking up a couple and wondered at the performance at high > ISO as I shoot > mostly in the dark (stage photos). > > The reviews I have read speak favourably of the model but with little info > about ISO > performance. > Also, does the anti shake give any gains? High ISO performance up to ISO1000 is excellent, it starts to fall off above that, with ISO3200 being about the absolute limit of usability (and you'd better like noise in the dark areas, along with some banding). You can shoot up to 6400 with this camera, and the pictures are noisy but surprisingly OK considering. Antishake helps keep the camera image steady for a couple of stops slower than with no shake reduction, but it doesn't help much if the subject is moving. Here, I posted this last month, you might be interested: The top picture is shot at ISO6400!! With a 100% detail shot below. The studio thing was a 30 second light set-up shot at iso 800, because i am a dork sometimes. Below it is a 100% detail as well. None of the images recieved any post processing, other than the default settings in camera, and default settings in ACR. No sharpening, or levels or anything. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/k20/K20_page1.html The EXIF data is on the full frame shots, but the top picture is shot with the 77mm lens, 1/50th sec at f/2.5, ISO 6400. The portrait is with the 77mm lens, 1/160th sec at f/11, ISO 800. The page is 760K. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
