I was the one pointing out the quality problems of PentaxPhotoLab RAW
conversion, posting here some comparisons at the time the D went out:
http://www.dariobonazza.com/t04p7e.htm
(scroll down a bit to see the enlarged crops)
However, things have changed and problems have been solved by third parties.
Use Rawshooter Essentials (free), Rawshooter Premium (affordable) or ACR +
either Elements or Photoshop ($$$) at your leisure.
Quality of Pentax RAW converted files can be OK now.
Dario
----- Original Message -----
From: "dick graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: Pop Photo D Shoot-out
Other publications have mentioned that although the ist ds delivers great
quality raw images the camera's image processor is not passing on all the
information and thus the jpegs turn up soft etc. All of us have heard of
the image processor problem and wonder if the new editions,supposedly
coming later this year, will have this problem fixed.
DG
At 10:27 AM 2/13/2006 -0600, you wrote:
The ist ds2 ranked dead last in resolution behind 2 8megs ( canon d350 and
olympus 500) and 2 other 6 megs ( nikon d-50 and konica/minolta 5d?)
DG
At 10:42 AM 2/13/2006 -0500, you wrote:
dick graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The main "gimmicky feature" they found the Pentax lacking was
>RESOLUTION! I find that pretty damn important.
I didn't read the article but if the resolution difference they're
talking about is between 6 megapixels and 8 I'd classify it as 95%
gimmicky.
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Mark Roberts
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