Originally posted by bertwert More to the point, the color fidelity for that camera is very good.
Users of other brands
are surprised at how little noise, and how much DR and color fidelity I get at higher ISO values.
Yes, this picture {second is 100% crop of first} has some noise, but users of other cameras
are impressed by what I get at 18000.
I took this this at 18000 ISO yesterday to show our daughters; I could have used flash, but that might have awakened the kitten.
You may sneer if you like, but preserving color and DR
are strengths of the modern Pentax cameras.
I
routinely take photographs of squirrels and birds around 8000 with
no noticeable noise and
no noticeable loss of detail.
Yes, these photos do not show fleas on the squirrel or feather vanes on the birds, but that detail would not have been seen at ISO=100 either.