Great shots Bill.

No.2 without doubt the standout for me...so unexpected as you scroll down...wow.

I also rate No.5 for the composition and colours.

The others aren't bad either!

Regards

Karlo

Thanks for that Rob...I saw that episode and wondered what became of it...I'll have a look myself.

Karlo

Love the main image...first class.

Karlo

Really good, excellent image quality.

Regards

Karlo

Totally in agreement with Gareth.

Wow!

Regards

Karlo

For me too.

I'm not necessarily advocating that we need more pixel density...I personally like the 'look' of the relatively low density K-x and now K-50 sensors and the IQ and 'feel' of the 645D is i'm guessing largely due to its low pixel density. However...competitive pressure may cause Ricoh to increase the pixel density on their new APS-C flag and the other two formats (more so MF than FF) will likely be under similar pressure...possibly be a new MF announced soon to 'keep up with the Jones' ?

In view of some of the higher density sensors appearing elsewhere, I wondered in relation to Pentax how the technology has developed in relation to pixel density over the years. Taking sensor size in mms to work out the area of sensor in centimetres squared, then using this figure to divide into the effective megapixel size of sensor produces the following pixel densities measured in Megapixels per centimetre squared:

istD 1.66 (MP/cm squared)

K10D 2.72

K-m 2.77

K-x 3.32

K-7 4.0

K-5 4.39

K-S1 5.5

K-70 6.63

K-3 6.66

K-1 (Full Frame) 4.24

645D (Medium Format) 2.75

645Z 3.53

Looking at these figures, if people are happy with image quality of K-3 / K-70/ / KP then plenty of room for increase in Pixel density of both FF and MF.

I'd only seen the two pictures before...so several of them were new to me. Can't be bothered with the politics of who posted them first or on what site.

I'm assuming that Ricoh were happy for someone to pick up on the images and publicise them otherwise they wouldn't have put the new model out there in the first place.

The interest in it shows how much pent up frustration is being released I guess, finally after about 4 years or so it looks like a new APS-C model in the offing which has to be a good thing. Ineivitably from now until the first tests online of the new model people will be speculating about its performance and feature list.

regards

Karlo

Photorumors site again...link