Originally posted by RMabo Firmware 1.0 in beta cameras means there is still beta hardware and not production hardware, this means - beta versions of the sensor and not production version of the sensor.
As I have said so many times before, we need production cameras with production hardware and with production firmware. Then we can judge the true image quality.
Are you teling me that Pentax gave cameras to some chosen few for evaluation and report but with a crippled hardware, not representative of the one contained inside the camera already produced that are waiting to be delivered in a few weeks?
What would be the purpose of doing that?
Furthermore, what could possibly be the hardware differences between those cameras issued from pre-production batches, and the one that must be presently rolling out of factory? Would they fundamentaly change the sensor characteristics only weeks before commercial release?
And lastly, what's so wrong with these results? Are they not similar to the K20 one's? Is it bad? Is it surprising considering the similarities between their sensors?
What do you expect from production batches? A 2 stop improvements over the K20?
I am sorry but I really don't see the purpose of constantly reminding people that these results are from "pre-production batches" and thus, should not even be considered... I could understand these warnings for jpeg output before firmware v1.0 but for raw output with pruduction firmware...
Are you sincerely hoping for a much better IQ than the one demonstrated by Falconeye in his tests?