K-R noise issues

thank you so much! x

Don't feel the k-r is not able to produce images capable of being magazine published.

I have had lots of images over the years published from the k100d up to the k-5 and all manor of Pentax cameras in between...

Also try not to pixel peep to much

I have to agree with this and all Matt's advise.

I would also add that it looks like you are using studio flash and you are just excepting the flash meters reading. This will try to even it out to a midtone/50% grey including the white background, for this type of high key shot add at least one stop more to the flash meter reading.

I can't see any noise at all. If that image is noisy I need to get my money back on my K-r!

I can see lots of noise.

But as good as the Kr is you can't really expect an entry level model to produce professional level images straight out of the camera, they are going to need some work, and yes I second Neat Image for getting rid of noise.

Anyone who is really serious about submitting work for publication straight out of the camera should be considering medium format or at least full frame.

Hmm I would highly dispute this...

The issue seems to be more about getting the exposure closer to the desired image in the first place; get that right and there should be no noise issues with the Kr (or practically any camera!) The K7 is not known for low noise, but if the exposure is spot on, there is effectively no noise at ISO200.

What light(s) were you using and what was the set up?

Me too.

I've seen 24"x12" spreads from my K20d which were absolutely cracking and I'm editing some today for the same purpose. The notion of MF dates back to the days when printers hated handling smaller tranparencies.

Like others I dont see much noise to worry about and I suspect underexposure hence the post above