This is a new thread in response to the earlier one but with a completely different setup(from DPReview). I decided to make a new thread because I felt the old one had run its course and that adding this to it would most likely not receive the exposure it deserves.
In case some of you don't know.... DPReview initially conducted a head to head noise test involving a 60D, D7000 and K-5. However, the K-5 output was so poor in fact(PF and blur) that it stirred-up a series of
complaint threads and inquiries which motivated them(DPReview) to reshoot the test with a better lens. Which I for one am glad they did, because it completely reverse what was initially thought of the K-5 against the competition. AND... it also served to put to rest the absolute disaster by Imaging Resource's Cmparometer samples. That are so far out of spec, that the blacks in the scene aren't even black anymore but rather a shade of purple(extreme PF).
Well that about does it for my rant and so lets move-on to something a little more positive shall we:
FULL SIZE SAMPLES: K-5, 1/13s, f/9, ISO100 Click on the image to view it in a larger size
D7K, 1/20s, f/9, ISO100 Click on the image to view it in a larger size ORIGINAL RAW/SAMPLES: http://movies.*************.s3.amazonaws.com/pentax_k5/IMGP2482.PEF.zip http://movies.*************.s3.amazonaws.com/nikon_d7000/DSC_1875.NEF.zip CROPS:
K-5 CROP: 1 (100%) D7000 CROP: 1 (100%) K-5 CROP: 2 (100%) D7000 CROP: 2 (100%) K-5 CROP: 3 (200%) D7000 CROP: 3 (200%)
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Well there you have it! The K-5 and D7000 head to head in what we could call, fair and balanced conditions. Needless to say the differences really do come down to hair splitting between both systems. However, the lack of PEF converters did not help matters any in this case.
Either way, I'm just glad we had more than just Imaging Resource from draw conclusions from and of course that DPReview had the backbone to re-shoot their own test samples.
Last edited by JohnBee; 05-01-2011 at 05:16 AM.