The ME Super manual is now scanned and available. PM me for a copy.





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Having looked closely at my grip/body contact arrangement, they are protected Stefan.

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Stefan, I agree. For those who buy DSLRs and only produce smaller images it seems a bit of a waste of money?

Fortunately, we don't buy DSLRs just to make huge images. There are many reasons for the purchase and ownership of such wonderful cameras. The fortunate few own Pentax.

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I have the original manuals and after this thread should really scan and PDF them.

Watch this space.

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Not a dampner James.

The cameras will be set as I normally use them. Everything straight line and mid point so no extra colour boost, sturation and contrast etc. I had not realised that the K10 and istD were set to Adobe RGB as I have been using the K7 for the last few months.

The same lens was used, the 100mm f/2.8 macro. Iso will be 200 as thats as low as the istD can go.

As for calibration, not an option. I use the cameras at the highest quality JPEG and live with whatever results.

I never bother calibrating screens anymore as I don't change anything on the image. I ignore any difference in colour between the laptop and the desktop as I know the camera image is as it should be from the camera.

Basic work I'm prepared to do is crop, levels/curves, sharpening and if needed a mono conversion.

My reasons:
A digital body is equivalent to one type of film. Yes you can enhance colour and contrast in camera, but I dont.

I also believe that a certain body/lens combination produces better IQ than other combinations. My istD with the Sigma 70-200EX Mk1 is a killer combo. IMO.

My K10D seems to like the 50mm f/1.4 better than other lenses. IMO. The K7 is easy to feed, at the moment I think it likes anyhting on the front which has to be a good thing.

Most importantly, it's the confidence in the body/lens combo that has the most impact for me. I can get on with the shots and I know what the results will be.

I'll do round two toorrow and make an effort to keep things standardised.
I may even do comparisons with the D700 and Minolta 7D with links to those images rather than post directly here.

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I will re-shoot as the wind did not help. Sizes will be 800. PS is set to sRGB. Don't recall any warning messages. I didn't want to alter exposures.

I am looking to see what each sensor/electronics offere from body to body. If anything, I may change to centre weighted rather than matrix metering.

Hopefully the sun will shine again tomorrow?

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All at f/4, ISO 200, FA 100mm.

istD




K10D




K7




All at same metering and sized to 1477 pixels wide. I just noticed the colour space is Adobe on the istD and K10....

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Just shot these using the FA 100mm f/2.8. Which camera body was used? Straight from camera. No sharpening or levels adjusted.


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Pity the UK site does not provide.

Uncle Sam wins again.....