William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" > Subject: Re: K20D pictures > > >> I'm missing it. I like the results shown here. I recall examples from >> the *istD that showed clear multicolored banding at long exposures in >> the dark. If there's anything here it doesn't get in the way of the >> image. At least not for me. Although anything I'm going to shoot at >> 6400 would probably end up as BW. > > There is some banding visible in the darker areas, but I figure that at ISO > 6400, those areas > are probably about 8 stops or more out of range of the sensor. > This makes the image one of those torture tests that is pretty much > guaranteed to bring out > flaws. > In a similar image made at 3200 (7 stops out of range), the banding is very > minimal, at 800ISO > (6 stops out of range), it is gone, as much as I can see. > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/k20/K20_page2.html (500k page) > Is the technology perfect? > I guess not, but it's pretty darned good. > > William Robb > > That second photo looks pretty darn good. I'm not sure how some of the others couldn't see the banding in the 6400 example.
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