Re: 'A Sensitive Issue'

hi Bill... I also await the K10D... I too have used other digital pentax slr cameras...

both they and the lenses are excellent...


when is the K10D due?  Have you seen any good reviews of this camera?

thank you, Steve


On Oct 30, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Bill Lawlor wrote:

Mike, I am also waiting for the ten MP Pentax. I used a friend's istDS2, a
six MP Pentax dslr, for some tests. Using RAW files only, processed in Adobe
Camera Raw and PSCS2 I compared several good Pentax lenses using the digital
camera ,and using a Pentax MX manual slr with Sensia 100 and 4000dpi nikon
scanner. The subjects of the photos were the same with both cameras and the
same lenses were used. to my surprise at 16X24 inches the digital slr
images were sharper, colors were cleaner, and color balance was usually
correct.
I print 16X24 and up for my gallery photos. See www.wvlphotography.com.

I am going to India for a month in January and I won't be bringing my Leica.
I sure hope I get the K10D in time. If not, I have confidence in the K100D
which is readily available.I will also bring a ZX-5 body and some slide film
for back-up. I never thought I would choose digital over the Leica.

Regards, Bill Lawlor

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Levy" <fotoyvel@xxxxxxx>
To: <Seephoto@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "LEG" <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:36 AM
Subject: 'A Sensitive Issue'


Ok Digital-savvy, I got a question re pixels and sensor size.

I might be buying a 6.1 mp Pentax, 'cause i don't see the new 10 MP
versions coming before Xmas. My wife currently has a Sony P&S with 6
mp, but the sensor size is tiny-- it might be half the C-sized (or
APS-sized) sensor in the SLr, so would this make any difference in
picture quality?

Or put another way: I am s told that a 6 mp SLR will easily print to
A4 size -- I assume  without radical cropping -- so the smaller P&S
sensor should do the same? Or does the pixel SIZE on the sensor make
a serious difference.

The second query is this: If the sensor is the same size in both the
Pentax 100 and the new K 10D but one has 6 mp and the other 10 mp,
what is that going to do for quality, noise issues, sharpness etc.?

BTW I am leaving out the lens, i already know the kit lens is not all
that good, but it has to be better than the Sony AP&S lens, at least
to get started.

Mike

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