Do you see it now

It's not fair to do it this way but it shows you there is more there then you think.
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Yes but I shot them in RAW so I need to process them, I know LR2 works stable and can deliver the goods I'm not sure how LR3 will interact with LR2 and how stable the beta is.
So first I'm going to get the things done with the program I know that does work then I've al the time to install and play with LR3 but first I want to be sure I've the shots done.

Or Richard are you going to guarantee me that LR3 will not interact with LR2 and/or cause instabilities with my PC? It's not called a Beta for nothing

Aliengroove I would say the noise is the same with both of them.
I think your monitor is to blame not being able to produce the slight variations of black, the brighter sky in the second photo is much easier to display for TFT/LCD screens.

I at least don't find it out of the ordinary although the ISO800 exposure does look good for such a high number

From reviews that I've read the opti-bright coating makes the katz-eye black out sooner, is this true?

Thank you ALiengrove, the smaple looks very clean so it's hard to say something about that do you've a 100% crop without too much PP?
I know that noise can be very visible in "bland" parts of the photo such as skies, because of lack of things going on every little bit of noise is very visible, might this be a problem?
You should slightly over expose your photo but not clip it and then bring the exposure down in PP, that would deal with most of the noise.

Paul I ain't the one to solve this problem because I don't have a K7.
I asked RAW or JPG because with JPG there are settings in the camera that influence noise but since Aliengrove doesn't use JPG I can't help further someone knowing the K7 must take it over.
I know that the K7 can certainly preform and it's handling is one of the best.
I see you've a K10D, that one still delivers the best photos at very low iso that's why I'm a bit reluctant to get a K7 because most of my shots are in the studio at ISO 100 to 200...

Yes I know I've LR2 but I ain't go to experiment on photos that might be published

Matt I mean with lenses only.

With the Camera the mechanical part of SDM or screw-drive are separate on lenses however SDM & Screw-drive are connected so you need to work with clutches and gears, adding more parts to the AF system of the lenses making it more complex and that all adds up being more prone to break.

I think that SDM can be more reliable because the transition of movement is far more direct than with a screw-driven focus.

Here somthing like this directly on the focus element group, you would have no shafts, no gears just direct transfer of power/movement so the only thing that can go wrong is that the motor wears out.
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Shooting JPG or RAW?
Maybe a sample photo might be helpful.

I could do that Richard... I might but I've some photos I need to work at first, they might go into a folder so I don't want to experiment with those

Matt that could very well be.
It's just having a lens that works with a screw-drive and SDM is very complicated, I believe Pentax was the only one who ever did that or not?