Delayed in the UK too

Hey ho. As expected I suppose... but more time to get to grips with SilkyPix DS3 in the meantime

Matt

Or Mac even

But it's a useful tip all the same
Matt

It's a noise reduction feature called "black frame subtraction".

The camera takes the long exposure, then takes an equivalent exposure with the shutter closed and subtracts this from the original image - cancelling out the noise. Without this feature you have a lot more noise!! (But if you shoot RAW and use Capture One it removes most of the noise automatically from a non-noise reduced image.)

You can disable "noise reduction" on the custom settings

Hope that makes sense!
Matt

Yes, but it's not funny
Look up dcRaw by Dave Coffin. All in C:
http://cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/

But to be honest you'll need a LOT of time on your hands
Matt

Just some info dug about:
http://pentaxlife.com/samsung-gx10-iso1600-samples

Some ISO1600 samples on pre-production firmware of the GX10.
Lookin' good

And here:
http://pentaxlife.com/first-k10d-owners

with Ned Bunnell's first shots:
http://nedbunnell.blogspot.com/2006/11/few-k10d-snapshots.html

Matt

Just to keep this huge thread going, I did a search on the K10D today...
http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/ja/35mm/k10d/ex.html

Babelfish translated these as "RAW development inside camera". Wow! Looks mighty impressive

Matt

Oooooh - what a lens
I'm jealous

I have: SMC-F 50mm/f1.4; SMC-F 50mm/f1.7; SMC-A 50mm/f1.4

The f1.4s produce such a lovely result. The bokeh is sublime (8 blade diaphragm as opposed to 6 of the f1.7 I believe). However, the f1.7 is better suited to macro work and flat-field copying.

As has been said, I don't think there's much in it sharpness-wise.

You won't be disappointed with the f1.4

Matt

Interestingly "Image 4" (Girl on left with out of focus car and buildings) looks like it was shot with the 70mm Limited. How do I know? 1) EXIF says 70mm, and 2) the lens has a 9 blade diaphragm.

Out of them all, that's one of the most interesting in my mind - blown out highlights which look natural and good definition in the skin tones and shadows. Impressive.

But... I'm waiting. The manual is most helpful and there are at severl things that I want to wait for:
1) How does the 22-bit help? There is no setting for "dynamic range" as hinted by one of the blogs. I'll wait to see a RAW file.
2) There's only one User setting. Maybe I could live with it, but on the *ist-D I use all three (setup for: general/manual lenses/tripod work) and constantly switch between at least two all the time.
3) Wireless flash. For macro and quick portraiture I'll often use the pop-up on the *ist-D to signal to the remote flash. For family events and the like I'll take just a 50mm/f1.4 and the AF360 and will usually hand hold the AF360 in wireless mode to give better lighting. There's no way I'll carry around two flashes for that kind of thing.

Maybe these things can be sorted in firmware upgrades, maybe never. But I think I'll wait and see
(As much as I'd love to put the K10D through its paces though )

Matt

Chris,
Is the battery included with the grip? There's obviously one battery included with the camera... and it would make sense to have it included with the grip.
Matt