Originally posted by baro-nite Ah, I hadn't checked that -- silly me for assuming they would have known better. The difference in diffraction softening between f/9 and f/8 might explain the difference between the K-5 and K-5 II shots.
Also, the face of the queen on the playing card is much sharper for that reason.
To give them some credit, though (and myself as well as my reviewers have experienced this as well)- it is
extremely difficult to properly reproduce the same test if you attempt it at different times. In this case, the fact that each camera brand has to use a different lens makes things even worse.
I was looking at the D800E vs 645D shots and there's hardly a difference. I have both camera for review this month, and so far it looks like that's the conclusion that I'm going to have to make, which means that Pentax had better release a 645DII if they want studio photographers to consider paying the extra 5.5k!
Adam
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