You're welcome, its reassuring to see that it's so much appreciated


Hear Hear to that .... there's nothing about any IQ matters that distracts from it.

Its inevitable though, isn't it, at this stage of things, that many images (the really good ones or the first of particular subject types) will be subject to close scrutiny in these respects. Its nothing to do with the photographer, who's skill will shine through on any camera.

I wouldn't expect any critical comparisons on noise levels from the K7 now - I guess its all been done ... but many people now are at the early stages of decisions and weighing up their future choices, so every new opportunity to peer closely at new shots is going to be seized.

I wouldn't for a second guess myself what a K5II would have produced with these, but I suspect a few who are looking to shoot at 6400 or above may be disappointed at what is seen here. I say again though, for balance, that the OOF brighter areas have a grainy type of noise which is not unattractive, and I recall the reports from some users of the 'finer' nature of the noise that responds well to reduction. It is on the dark tones and the peoples faces where I'd be more concerned.



Cheers
David

Catastrophic!

A good workout for both camera and photographer Great action shots.

The noise, at least as far as the OOF backgrounds go, is certainly 'a good kind of noise', more like film grain which is not unattractive in this context.

At 6400 it does play havoc though with the shadow textures of the horses skin - compare the neck area of No4 at 1250 (amazing!) with the same area on Nos 6 & 7 ( not so amazing). But overall, at the ISOs and speed of movement involved not a major issue - I'm not sure if you could get much improvement out of noise reduction though, as I suspect there would be quite a price to pay in extra blurring.

OK, well they would have good cause to try and stop any terrorists, but not professional photographers, surely? I understood that anyone can photograph from a public place - its not about who you are is it, rather what the photos are eventually used for?

Is that a reasonable interpretation of the legal position? I mean, assuming my shots here were taken from a public place (as I believed they were), would I not be able to offer them for publication if someone wanted them? They don't have any people, and so long as any written material with them is accurate, that would be OK for copywrite purposes wouldn't it? Neither myself nor any publisher would have to get permission from the owners of any buildings would we?

And, I know there's been talk of security interference in this area, but again, assuming you're in a public place, they can't legally stop you taking photos can they? Or am I missing something specific to this location in terms of Private Property?

Very nice! I'm liking the soft muted tones I've been seeing here recently on feather textures from the K3. Out interest, are these RAWs and processed or camera JPEGs? (If JPEGs do you mind giving the custom settings used?)

My only thought about overall presentation would be to maybe crop in a bit, reducing the amount of brighter white areas behind and to the top?

Great clarity and sharp focus! I really like the muted colours as well, the blend between browns / greys / greens is very subtle.

I'd clone out the red berry or flower thing at the top right.

Well I think its probably had a paint job since that old one was taken!

This really tips the balance in favour a cataloguing type of programme, ie one that creates a permanent database of all your shots and saves small thumbnails within the database. I use iMatch (photools.com) which is very powerful, both at categorising images as well as taking care of all physical files management tasks.

The images are 'demosaiced' when first imported, and the thumbnail will update to reflect adjustments made in a RAW converter. I'm not 100% sure, but I believe for RAW this may apply only to DNGs? Anyay, its one reason I shoot DNGs.

Really good, love the reflections. Maybe the compo would be improved if the building was a bit more towards the centre, but I can see how you've completed it with that rising horizon line on the far left. No doubt there are plenty of framing options in this lovely spot.

Its not a great valid example - surely here we might benefit from a slight warming in fact?

Yes, welcome! Good to have you on board, and I'm looking forward to hearing more about how you're finding the K3, and how it differs from all the earlier models.