That's pretty impressive! But my K7 has only 2200 exposures on it, so I'm trying not to be =too= impressed!
Are you acquainted with the moire-based, live-view-employing focus adjustment technique? It made me stop dreading focus adjustment. http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/cameras/1ds3_af_micoadjustment.html Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue, 11/2/10, P N Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > From: P N Stenquist <[email protected]> > Subject: K-5 here, high iso samples > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 5:17 PM > My K5 arrived a few hours ago. My > first thought was that it was defective and wouldn't > autofocus. As usual, I'd forgotten to set the diopter to > "almost blind." Once I realized that I was the only one not > focusing, I shot a few pics at ISO 6400 and 12800, just for > grins. I converted them from RAW with the default ACR > settings. No additional sharpening. I did increase the > exposure a bit on the coke sign, since the largely white > background let it slightly under. Have yet to check exposure > for any necessary standard comp setting, but it looks pretty > close. I also have to check autofocus calibration for all my > lenses. I hate that job, but consider it a necessity with > any new camera. Maybe tomorrow. Anyway, ere are a few pics. > All are with the DA* 16-50. > > This is ISO 6400, f4, 1/125th: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11890890 > > 100% drop of same frame: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11890891 > > This frame is ISO 12,800, f4 1/50th. The camera focused in > my nearly dark basement: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11890892 > > --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. > -- 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.
