Pleasing, but not unpredicted, review results, Peter. Always good reading.
Jack --- On Fri, 5/9/08, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: K20D Hot Pixels > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, May 9, 2008, 2:55 PM > I just did an informal review of K20d hot pixel reports. > > 1.) All hot pixel reports in the first two pages of the > Google search > point back to DP review. > > 1a.) The elsewhere in the DPReview post seems to have been > one Polish > site who used one raw converter, (DCRaw). The translated > review seemed > to be quite negitive based on the results, (and the fact > that the K20D > is more or less a K10D with improved imaging capability). > I doubt that > DCRaw a "free" open source converter had been > optimized for the K20D at > the time so I'd take their IQ results with a boulder of > salt. > > 2.) Every user report except for that from R*** H***, that > I skimmed > basically said "hot pixels what hot pixels". > > 3.) I think I'll go back to sleep now. > > Final comment, (mine): Sheash what freaking arseholes. > > > Jim King wrote: > > Jack Davis wrote on Fri, 09 May 2008 14:18:29 -0700 > > > > > >> Just noticed this on dpreview. Speaks to a delay > in testing the K20D > >> due to a > >> "hot pixel" problem. A problem I > don't recall reading about on PDML. > >> > >> http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp? > >> forums=1036&message=27852469 > >> > > > > Well, the hounds are in full cry over there now. A > problem that > > nobody had noticed in the three months that the K20D > has been out is > > now a major flaw in that camera, and prospective > buyers are recoiling > > in alarm... > > > > Some people have nothing better to do, I guess. > Sheesh! > > > > Regards, Jim > > > > > > > -- > Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... > -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle > > > -- > 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. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- 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.
