Rain? Oh yes, I remember . . .

Actually, it rained here yesterday . . . for about 30 seconds. Then the clouds went back to UK and the sun shone . . . and shone . . . and shone . . .

Nice pic. One small criticism . . . that pool needs topping up

I think so too Martin. They might not stand printing at A3, but they are fine for my purposes.

At George's request to see ISO 6400 images from the K20D in daylight I took these images today from my bedroom windows, the main purpose being to include both highlights and shadows for comparison.

They've been processed through Noise Ninja and Picasa's 'I'm feeling lucky' colour/tone correction which has softened them a bit, normally the DA* 300mm will produce tack sharp images in these conditions but I think these are perfectly acceptable, though not stunning subjects.

All taken at f32, ISO 6400, Av mode, +0.7 EV comp.

Draw your own conclusions as to whether or not the K20D is good enough at high ISO.

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Me too I retook the shot at a lower ISO (1600) which is sharp.
I screwed up on focussing, but that aside, I think it shows that it is possible, with care, to take usable very high ISO images with the K20D.

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Whilst my image presented above is not technically brilliant (my fault), I find it bizarrre that, in a thread with much 'chest puffing' about digital noise issues, it has been ignored as an example of digital noise (or lack of it) in an ISO6400 image from a K20D.

I rest my case. The K20D is good enough, for me anyway.

Perhaps you are all too busy 'scoring points' off each other to even notice it?