Originally posted by kevinschoenmakers It's weird how the K10D is better than the K20D, and the K20D is better than the K-7. It should be the other way around.
K10 has one of the best DR figures around (or did). This ranking is not unexpected.
Some cameras do have HPN that hurts though.
K7 has somewhat higher noise in the shadows then expected (consider it growing pains for the Samsung sensor since they concentrated (my guesstimation) on the fps over any other parameters.
My spin, on looking at the DXO sensor numbers (which include DR AND resolution) I would conclude that despite the noise (which is easily eliminated to recover the DR) it is high in the resolution numbers... which I would prefer anyways. Though some want the sensor canned I give Pentax credit for the effort and hope that the next gen is better.
OR a higher MP CMOS from Sony....which will be tough to get decent video out of.
IF Samsung is serious about sensors they will clear this up next gen....