Originally posted by ElJamoquio The K-5 was better rated than the Nikon D7000.
I don't think they're biased towards Nikon, seeing as all the highest rated sensors are Sony sensors. It just seems like the Sony sensors do better, with minor advantages to one manufacturer or another based on read noise, etc.
It's possible that they're wrong about Fuji lying about the X100. I doubt it heavily. I never said anything about the X100s, but as I recall Fuji started lying less in later years. Still, I won't support a company that actively deceives the userbase.
I looked at that X100 review and it looks like the RAW files just stay at ISO 1600 which was probably the camera's max. The X100s max's at iso 6400 in RAW but the Jpegs go to 25600 with excellent results. No doubt that was the sensor's max output and Fuji's JPEG tech took over from there. Fuji does have a very nice JPEG engine. I never paid attention to Fuji until the X100s/Xpro1 XE2 and XT-1 came along. If they continue on current trajectory the new 24mp Xtrans sensors may be amazing, or they may just be "meh" like the transition from Sony's 16mp to 24mp offerings. DxO only analyzes RAW output so no consideration is given to how well a companies processing engines perform. My K5 and X100s are not worlds apart at ISO6400 in RAW but they are in the JPEG's. The key factor is I have to post process RAW and it's more time consuming off the K5 vs the Jpegs which come out very close to what I would have post processed on the K5 out of the camera, it's a huge time saver. Pentax has had a crappy Jpeg engine for years imo.
I didn't know about this ISO debacle until you guys started pointing it out. Fuji seems to have burned a few of you for life!
I'm not warmed to this K-S1 but I may be wrong. The 20mp sensor may be excellent and Pentax, which imo has the best handling cameras may have an excellent control system on board. I ditched my 7d for the K5 primarily for the Pentax handling. They seem to know that the Iphone has the majority of pictures on Flicr and other sites and be aiming for Iphone users who want more control and quality from the pictures. Good luck to them on that front, I certainly want Pentax to succeed as I have a lot of money in Pentax products.