On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 5:17 PM, P N Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
Wow! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
