That is pretty much why I quit a long time ago. I'm not sure there are any photographers left over there. I periodically go back and read a bit and then have to walk away again. It is not just the Pentax users, either.
-- Bruce Tuesday, November 28, 2006, 8:57:21 PM, you wrote: MH> Sometimes (and with increasing frequency), I wonder why I bother MH> reading the Pentax forum at DPReview. Here's a gem from today, MH> addressed to Ned Bunnel, Marketing VP for Pentax USA (Edited for MH> brevity): MH> ----------- MH> "I shoot in the ISO range of 100 to 400, and I have found the color MH> and tonal palette in particular to be superb and, in many ways, more MH> pleasing to my eyes than any other DSLR I've used before. MH> However, because there has been some controversy over "banding" at ISO MH> 1600 with the K10D, I thought I would run my own experiment. MH> I invite you or someone else at Pentax to set a K10D to ISO 1600, set MH> the exposure compensation to -2 EV, and take pictures of a relatively MH> even toned grey subject. If my experience and those of some others is MH> typical, you will see fairly distinct vertical (assuming the camera is MH> held in landscape mode) pattern noise. There is only the very MH> slightest hint of the phenomena at ISO 800, and none at lower ISO MH> ratings." MH> ---------- MH> Shocking. Who would think that a camera would produce ugly noise when MH> underexposed 2 stops at ISO 1600? Even more shocking that this user MH> would care, given his first statement that he uses the camera in the MH> range of 100-400. MH> Mike MH> -- MH> Remember to Breathe -- MichaelHamilton.ca -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
