I wonder if the DPReview guys RTFM? I just pulled down the K-1ii manual, did a search for Noise. On pages 55-56 there are detailed instructions on how to set High-ISO Noise Reduction. The available options under Settings Menu screen 2 are Auto, Low, Medium, High, Custom, and Off. When Off is selected, Noise Reduction is not applied at any ISO setting. When e.g. Low is selected, a Low degree of Noise Reduction is applied at all ISO levels. Under Custom, the user can step through all available ISO levels and select the desired level of noise reduction for each level. The screen shot for this step is too small, I can’t be sure what the options are, but I believe they are Low, Medium, and High. Off option may be missing.
So, it seems that the User does have a choice. Can either turn Off High-ISO Noise Reduction across the board, or turn NR on at one of three levels across the board, or turn NR on at varying levels according to your preferences. My conclusion, based on the above, and also on reading comments here and on DPReview, is that their conclusion is off the mark. I have two K-1 bodies. The upgrade program is supposed to start on May 21st according to the original press release. I intend to go ahead with an upgrade on one of the bodies. When it is returned, I will do what I can to compare K-1 vs. K-1ii and verify that no great image quality degradation has occurred. Assuming all is well, I’ll then send in the second body. stan > On May 7, 2018, at 9:51 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bruce Walker wrote: >> https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentax-k-1-ii-review >> >> "Baked-in noise reduction results in Raw files with progressively less >> detail than the original K-1 as the ISO increases. This can not be >> turned off." >> >> Yikes! Who decided _that_ was a good idea? >> > Looks like a triumph of marketing over engineering... the same review also > rips dynamic pixel shift. Of the major enhancements to the K1 II only the > improved AF seems to be holding up. > > I wish Ricoh would offer substantive upgrades. The K1 is great but a few > simple things would improve the experience - like a faster bus, bigger > buffer, improved AF, AF sensors spread more widely throughout the frame. Not > hyped up sexy features but basic, solid enhancements. Ridiculously high ISO > and the promise of hand held pixel shift strikes me as just gimmickry. > > Mark > -- 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.
