Interesting. That may explain my "nonreaction" when viewing at home on my 13 inch MacBook.
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 7:44 PM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 8, 2010, at 7:12 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > >> Wow. Thanks for sharing these, Paul. I'd say the difference is >> pretty dramatic! >> > How dramatic the difference appears to be depends in part on how much detail > the monitor that they're viewed on reveals. On my iMac 24 and the Apple > Cinema Display 23, the difference is substantial. On my Macbook 13, it's much > less obviousl. > Paul > >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Even though slightly less contrast, the K-5 offers an image willing to >>> allow ones PP preferences without first dealing with the K-7's more limited >>> DR. >>> The dark counter behind the table is the first area that caught my eye and >>> gave the margin comfortably to the K-5. >>> Thanks very much, Paul. Nice job! >>> >>> Jack >>> >>> --- On Mon, 11/8/10, P N Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> From: P N Stenquist <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: K-5, K-7, side-by-side at ISO 6400 >>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 2:25 PM >>>> Boris asked me to provide a direct >>>> comparison. So here it is. One pic each of the same scene >>>> from each camera, shot off a tripod with the DA* 16-50 at >>>> f5.6, 1/60th. (Both meters agreed on that exposure.) The FOV >>>> varies slightly, because I turned the zoom ring a bit when >>>> removing the lens from camera one. The K-7 pic is 22mm, the >>>> K-5 is 21mm. In addition to one shot from each, I've >>>> combined the two images for direct viewing of both at once. >>>> I've sized the jpegs slightly larger than my normal web pics >>>> for better detail viewing. Both are raws, converted with the >>>> default settings of my ACR softwre. >>>> >>>> The scene is a cluttered part of my basement, with >>>> illuminated ( and dusty:-) foreground objects and deep >>>> shadows in the background. In the shadows are some white >>>> surfaces that readily show noise. There's also a hot >>>> highlight in the background -- a light reflected in a >>>> mirror. Ugly pics, but telling examples. Note that the K-5 >>>> renders colors warmer and, as Boris suggested earlier, the >>>> unprocessed pic appears to have less contrast. >>>> >>>> K-7 image: >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11920154&size=lg >>>> >>>> K-5 image >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11920153&size=lg >>>> >>>> Both together: >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11920155&size=lg >>>> >>>> --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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
